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	\| name =Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar		\| name = Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
	\| birth_date = 6 July 1837		\| birth_date = 6 July 1837
	\| image = Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar.jpg		\| image = Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar.jpg
	\| death_date = 24 August 1925<br>(aged 88)		\| death_date = 24 August 1925<br />(aged 88)
	\| nationality = Indian		\| nationality = Indian
	\| known_for = [[Oriental studies]]		\| known_for = [[Oriental studies]]
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	'''~~Sir~~ Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar''' ({{lang-mr\| रामकृष्ण गोपाळ भांडारकर }}) {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|KCIE}} (6 July 1837 – 24 August 1925) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ scholar, [[oriental studies\|orientalist]], and [[social reform]]er.		[[Sir]] '''Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar''' ({{lang-mr\|रामकृष्ण गोपाळ भांडारकर}}) {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|KCIE}} (6 July 1837 – 24 August 1925) was an Indian scholar, [[oriental studies\|orientalist]], and [[social reform]]er.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Ramakrishna Bhandarkar was born in [[Malvan]] in [[Sindhudurg district]] of [[Maharashtra]] in a [[~~Goud~~ Saraswat Brahmin]] family.<ref>{{cite book\|page=45\|title=Building up a new university\|author=P. R. Dubhashi \|year=2000\|quote=The Saraswat Samaj has been traditionally cosmopolitan. It has produced great people like Ramakrishna Bhandarkar after whom the Bhandarkar Research Institute of Oriental Studies of Poona has been named}}</ref> After early schooling in [[Ratnagiri]], he studied at [[Elphinstone College]] in [[Mumbai\|Bombay]]. Along with [[Mahadev Govind Ranade]], Bhandarkar was among the first graduates in 1862 from [[Bombay University]]. He obtained his [[Master’s degree]] the following year, and was awarded a PhD from [[University of Göttingen]] in 1885.<ref name="Times of India">{{cite web\|title=Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar - orientalist par excellence\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Ramkrishna-Gopal-Bhandarkar-orientalist-par-excellence/articleshow/72430.cms?\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|date=12 July 2003}}</ref>		Ramakrishna Bhandarkar was born in [[Malvan]] in [[Sindhudurg district]] of [[Maharashtra]] in a [[Gaud Saraswat Brahmin]] family.<ref>{{cite book\|page=45\|title=Building up a new university\|author=P. R. Dubhashi \|year=2000\|quote=The Saraswat Samaj has been traditionally cosmopolitan. It has produced great people like Ramakrishna Bhandarkar after whom the Bhandarkar Research Institute of Oriental Studies of Poona has been named}}</ref> After early schooling in [[Ratnagiri]], he studied at [[Elphinstone College]] in [[Mumbai\|Bombay]]. Along with [[Mahadev Govind Ranade]], Bhandarkar was among the first graduates in 1862 from [[Bombay University]]. He obtained his [[Master’s degree]] the following year, and was awarded a PhD from [[University of Göttingen]] in 1885.<ref name="Times of India">{{cite web\|title=Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar - orientalist par excellence\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Ramkrishna-Gopal-Bhandarkar-orientalist-par-excellence/articleshow/72430.cms?\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|date=12 July 2003}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	As an educationist, he was elected to the [[Council ~~of India~~]] in 1903 as a non-official member. [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]] was another member to the Council.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India- Governor General Council\|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1908/jul/21/india-governor-generals-council\|publisher=UK Parliament\|accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> In 1911 Bhandarkar was awarded by the British colonial government of India with the title of [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]].<ref>Tikekar, Aroon and Tikekara, Aruna (2006), The Cloister's Pale: A Biography of the University of Mumbai, page 27, [[Popular Prakashan]], Mumbai, India</ref>		As an educationist, he was elected to the [[Imperial Legislative Council]] in 1903 as a non-official member. [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]] was another member to the Council.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India- Governor General Council\|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1908/jul/21/india-governor-generals-council\|publisher=UK Parliament\|accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> In 1911 Bhandarkar was awarded by the British colonial government of India with the title of [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]].<ref>Tikekar, Aroon and Tikekara, Aruna (2006), The Cloister's Pale: A Biography of the University of Mumbai, page 27, [[Popular Prakashan]], Mumbai, India</ref>

	==Social reformer==		==Social reformer==

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name =Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
| birth_date = 6 July 1837
| image = Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar.jpg
| death_date = 24 August 1925<br>(aged 88)
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = [[Oriental studies]]
| children = [[D. R. Bhandarkar|Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar]] (son)
| signature = R G Bhandarkar's Signature on Letter.jpg
}}

'''Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar''' ({{lang-mr| रामकृष्ण गोपाळ भांडारकर }}) {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCIE}} (6 July 1837 – 24 August 1925) was an [[India]]n scholar, [[oriental studies|orientalist]], and [[social reform]]er.

==Early life==
Ramakrishna Bhandarkar was born in [[Malvan]] in [[Sindhudurg district]] of [[Maharashtra]] in a [[Goud Saraswat Brahmin]] family.<ref>{{cite book|page=45|title=Building up a new university|author=P. R. Dubhashi |year=2000|quote=The Saraswat Samaj has been traditionally cosmopolitan. It has produced great people like Ramakrishna Bhandarkar after whom the Bhandarkar Research Institute of Oriental Studies of Poona has been named}}</ref> After early schooling in [[Ratnagiri]], he studied at [[Elphinstone College]] in [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. Along with [[Mahadev Govind Ranade]], Bhandarkar was among the first graduates in 1862 from [[Bombay University]]. He obtained his [[Master’s degree]] the following year, and was awarded a PhD from [[University of Göttingen]] in 1885.<ref name="Times of India">{{cite web|title=Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar - orientalist par excellence|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Ramkrishna-Gopal-Bhandarkar-orientalist-par-excellence/articleshow/72430.cms?|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 July 2003}}</ref>

==Career==
Ramakrishna Bhandarkar taught at [[Elphinstone College]],([[Mumbai]]) and [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]] ([[Pune]]) during his distinguished teaching career. He was involved in research and writing throughout his life. He retired in 1894 as the Vice Chancellor of Bombay University. He participated in international conferences on [[Oriental Studies]] held in [[London]] (1874) and [[Vienna]] (1886), making invaluable contributions. Historian [[Ram Sharan Sharma|R. S. Sharma]] wrote of him: "He reconstructed the political history of the [[Satavahanas]] of the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] and the history of [[Vaishnavism]] and other sects. A great social reformer, through his researches he advocated widow marriages and castigated the evils of the caste system and child marriage."<ref>{{cite book
| first = R.S.
| last = Sharma
| authorlink = Ram Sharan Sharma
| title = [[Rethinking India's Past]]
| publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
| year = 2009
| isbn = 978-0-19-569787-2
}}</ref>

As an educationist, he was elected to the [[Council of India]] in 1903 as a non-official member. [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]] was another member to the Council.<ref>{{cite web|title=India- Governor General Council|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1908/jul/21/india-governor-generals-council|publisher=UK Parliament|accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> In 1911 Bhandarkar was awarded by the British colonial government of India with the title of [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]].<ref>Tikekar, Aroon and Tikekara, Aruna (2006), The Cloister's Pale: A Biography of the University of Mumbai, page 27, [[Popular Prakashan]], Mumbai, India</ref>

==Social reformer==

In 1853, while a student, Bhandarkar became a member of the [[Paramahansa Mandali|Paramhansa Sabha]], an association for furthering liberal ideas which was then secret to avoid the wrath of the powerful and orthodox elements of contemporary society.<ref name="Times of India"/> Visits from [[Keshub Chandra Sen]] during 1864 had inspired the members of the Sabha.

===Prarthana Samaj===
In 1866, some of the members held a meeting at the home of [[Atmaram Pandurang]] and publicly pledged to certain reforms, including:{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
#Denunciation of the [[caste system]]
#encouragement of widow remarriage
#encouragement of [[female education]]
#abolition of [[child marriage]].
The members concluded that religious reforms were required as a basis for social reforms. They held their first prayer meeting on 31 March 1867, which eventually led to the formation of the [[Prarthana Samaj]]. Another visit by [[Keshub Chunder Sen]] and visits of [[Protap Chunder Mozoomdar]] and Navina Chandra Rai, founder of [[Punjab region|Punjab]] [[Brahmo Samaj]], boosted their efforts.

===Girls' Education===
[[File:Huzurpaga Girls High School.JPG|right|thumb|Huzurpaga Campus]]
In 1885, Bhandarkar along with noted social reformers Vaman Abaji Modak, and [[Mahadev Govind Ranade|Justice Ranade]] established the Maharashtra Girls Education Society (MGE) .<ref>Ghurye, G. S. (1954). Social Change in Maharashtra, II. Sociological Bulletin, page 51.</ref> The society is the parent body of the first native run girls' high school in Pune popularly known as [[Huzurpaga]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=edited by Sabyasachi|title=Education and the disprivileged : nineteenth and twentieth century India.|date=2002|publisher=Orient Longman|location=Hyderabad|isbn=978-8125021926|pages=239|edition=1. publ.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-jBIp3iWdEC&q=tilak+swaraj&pg=PR7|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Huzurpaga|url=http://www.huzurpaga.com/about-us.php|website=Huzurpaga}}</ref> The school curriculum included subjects such as English literature, Arithmetics and Science right from its founding.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=edited by Sabyasachi|title=Education and the disprivileged : nineteenth and twentieth century India.|date=2002|publisher=Orient Longman|location=Hyderabad|isbn=978-8125021926|pages=240|edition=1. publ.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-jBIp3iWdEC&q=tilak+swaraj&pg=PR7|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref> The establishment of the school and its curriculum were vehemently opposed by Nationalist leader [[Lokmanya Tilak]] in his newspapers, the Mahratta and Kesari.<ref>Rao, P.V., 2008. Women's Education and the Nationalist Response in Western India: Part II–Higher Education. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 15(1), pp.141-148.</ref><ref>Rao, P.V., 2007. Women's Education and the Nationalist Response in Western India: Part I-Basic Education. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 14(2), p.307.</ref>

==Legacy==
*The [[Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute]] in [[Pune]] is named after him.<ref>http://www.bori.ac.in/ Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060826190655/http://www.bori.ac.in/rgb.htm Chronology of events in his life - (broken link)]

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