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{{Short description|Indian philanthropist}}
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'''Mary Clubwala Jadhav''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (1909–1975) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[philanthropist]].

She founded many [[NGO]]s in [[Chennai]] and across India, and is often credited with setting up the oldest organized social-work bodies in the country. Her organization ''Guild of Service'' operates more than a dozen units related to [[orphanage]]s, [[Literacy in India|female literacy]], the care and rehabilitation of the disabled, etc.<ref>{{cite news|title=Guild of Service founder's role hailed|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article193841.ece|access-date=4 July 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=30 September 2009}}</ref>

== Early life ==

Mary was born in 1909 in [[Ootacamund]] in the then [[Madras Presidency]] to Rustom Patel and Allamai, member of the 300-strong [[Parsi]] community of Madras city.<ref name=sculturemaryjadhav>{{cite news|title=Mary Clubwala sculpture unveiled|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article229916.ece|access-date=4 July 2012|date=14 July 2009}}</ref> She was schooled in Madras and married Nogi Clubwala at the age of 18. They had a son, Khusro, in 1930. Nogi Clubwala died due to an illness in 1935. After this she devoted herself to social work. She later remarried to Major Chandrakant K Jadhav, an Indian army officer who was also working in the same areas of social work.<ref>http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2015/the_parsis_of_madras_3.html</ref>

== Activities ==
In 1942, with World War II raging, Clubwala founded the Indian Hospitality Committee with helpers drawn mostly from the Guild of Service. A large number of Indian troops were stationed in and around Madras and they had very few amenities. Mrs. Clubwala persuaded women from all communities and walks of life to join in the effort to organise mobile canteens, hospital visits, diversional therapy and entertainment programmes. The public donated generously to the War Fund started by the Hospitality Committee which continued its efforts after the War by helping ex-servicemen and their families rehabilitate themselves. The victorious 14th Army presented Mary a Japanese sword in appreciation of her tremendous efforts. Mrs. Clubwala was called "the Darling of the Army" by General Cariappa!
She started Madras School of Social work in 1952, the first school of social work in South India and second in India (after Tata Institute of Social Sciences- Mumbai).

She was appointed Sheriff of Madras in succession to Mr. R. E. Castell for one year in 1956.<ref>{{cite news|title=dated December 20, 1956: New Sheriff of Madras|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/article3035875.ece|access-date=4 July 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 December 2006}}</ref>
She also honored the [[Duke of Edinburgh]] on his visit to Madras (now [[Chennai]]) in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|title=When Queen came calling|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-09/chennai/32139995_1_royal-couple-queen-elizabeth-ii-prince-philip|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729220401/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-09/chennai/32139995_1_royal-couple-queen-elizabeth-ii-prince-philip|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2013|access-date=4 July 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 June 2012}}</ref>

== Awards ==
*Member of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) ([[1941 New Year Honours]])<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35029 |supp=y|page=19|date=31 December 1940}}</ref>
*[[Padma Shri]] (1955)
*[[Padma Bhushan]] (1968)<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
*[[Padma Vibhushan]], the second highest civilian honor of India (1975).<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Vibhushan Awardees |publisher=[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]] |url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php |access-date=2009-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131164854/http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php |archive-date=31 January 2008 }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.guildofservicecentral.org Guild of Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809151201/http://guildofservicecentral.org/ |date=9 August 2018 }}

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