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{{Short description|Indian social worker and reformer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kashibai Navrange
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1878|10|25|df=y}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1946|8|21|1878|10|25|df=y}}
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| nationality = Indian
| citizenship = Indian
| occupation = Social reformer, physician
| years_active = 1907―1946
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| known_for =
| notable_works = Milk Fund, Maternity Hospital (Garbhavati Chikitsalaya), Bombay, [[Arya Samaj|Arya Mahila Samaj]], [[Prarthana Samaj]]
| father = Vasudevarao Navarange
| awards = [[Justice of Peace]] (1925)
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'''Kashibai Navrange''' (25 October 1878―21 August 1946) was an Indian social worker and reformer.<ref>{{cite book |title=Strījīvanavishayaka sthityantara Mumbaī parisara : I. Sa. 1876 te 1950 |date=1992 |publisher=Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Samiti |page=49 to 52 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Str%C4%ABj%C4%ABvanavishayaka_sthityantara/gfsEAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87&dq=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87&printsec=frontcover}}</ref> She started a Milk Fund in the year 1916 for pregnant and lactating mothers under the auspices of the [[Arya Samaj |Arya Mahila Samaj]].<ref name=book>{{cite book |title=101 Kartrutvavan Striya|last=Karve|first=Swati|publisher=Utkarsh Prakashan|year=2014|isbn=978-81-7425-310-1|location=Pune|pages=63}}</ref> Navrange was the first Indian woman doctor to open her own clinic. She contributed to the field of medical.<ref name=book/> Kashibai Navrange Road in [[Mumbai]] is named after her.<ref name=midday>{{cite news |last1=Marfatia |first1=Meher |title=Doctor on the street |url=https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/Doctor-on-the-street-22875215 |publisher=[[Mid Day]] |date=July 4, 2020}}</ref><ref name = "DNA">{{cite web |title=Mumbai: To learn the meaning of road names, check signboards |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-to-learn-the-meaning-of-road-names-check-signboards-2723671 |website=[[DNA India]]|language=en |date=25 February 2019}}</ref>

== Biography ==
=== Education ===
First, Kashibai went to [[Pandita Ramabai]]'s Sharda Sadan. But later, her schooling took place in [[Huzurpaga]], [[Pune]]. In 1896, she passed her matric and took admission to [[Bombay]]'s [[Wilson College, Mumbai|Wilson College]] for further education. In 1909, she received a degree in BA. In 1906, she appeared [[Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery|LM & S]] examination. In 1907, Navrange started his own dispenser at [[Bhuleshwar]].<ref name=book/>
=== Works ===
Navrange was engaged in various social and reforming activities as the member of [[Prarthana Samaj]]. She started taking a separate worship meeting on Sunday for women. In 1916, She ran a Milk Fund for poor women, sending clothes to children, collecting funds.

By starting ''Garbhavati Chikitsalaya'' (hospital for pregnant women), Bombay, she gave free medication to poor women. He started some commercial activities to make women self-reliant. In 1922, she established the business institution of women and encouraged womens to start various types of work by opening industry, credit banks, buy-selling centers. She was appointed as a Fellow of [[Mumbai University]]. Kashibai Navrange was the member of the Mumbai Municipal School Committee and Juvenile Court counselor. Three years before her death, he resigned from the post of President of [[Prarthana Samaj]].<ref name=book/>

=== Recognition ===
In 1925, the government honoured her with [[Justice of Peace]]. Kashibai Navrangre was the first southern woman who received this honour.<ref name=book/>

== Death and legacy ==
She died on 21 August 1946.<ref name=book/> Kashibai Navrange Road (previously known as Alexandra Road)<ref>{{cite journal|date=1980|title=The Bombay Civic Journal|publisher=[[Mumbai Municipal Corporation|Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay]]|volume=27|page=21}}</ref><ref name="DNA" /> in [[Mumbai]]'s Gamdevi neighbourhood was named after her by the [[Bombay Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thale |first1=Siddharaj |title=Road in Mumbai named after woman who started Arya Mahila Samaj |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/road-in-mumbai-named-after-woman-who-started-arya-mahila-samaj-4795565/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> [[Arya Samaj|Arya Mahila Samaj]] also named the 'Dr. Kashibai Nawrange Memorial Hostel for Women Students' after her.<ref name=midday/>

== See also ==
* [[Ramabai Ranade]]
* [[Pandita Ramabai]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian social reformers]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian people]]
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[[Category:Activists from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian women activists]]

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