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{{short description|Indian social worker}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Shobhana Ranade
| image = Mukesh Ambani and Nita ambani Felicitating Shobhana Ranade with Life Time Achievement Award.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = [[Mukesh Ambani]] and [[Nita Ambani]] Felicitating Shobhana Ranade with Life Time Achievement Award in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1924|10|26|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of women biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Volume 3|date=2001|publisher=A.P.H. Pub. Corp|isbn=8176482641}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Poona]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| occupation = Social worker
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] Jamnalal Bajaj Award CNN IBN Real Heroes 2012 Life Time Achievement Award [[Rabindranath Tagore]] Prize Pride of Pune Award Rajeev Gandhi Manav Seva Award National Award Mahatma Gandhi Award
}}
'''Shobhana Ranade''' (born 26 October 1924) is an Indian social worker and [[Gandhian]], known for her services towards her cause of destitute women and children. The [[Government of India]] honoured her in 2011, with the [[Padma Bhushan]]—the third highest civilian award—for her services to the society.<ref name="Padma announcement">{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/padma-awards-2011-the-winners/20110126.htm | title=Padma announcement | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
{{quotebox|align = left|qalign=center|width=24em|[[Savarkar|Sawarkar]] was famous during our schooldays and our generation was enthused by his message of love and devotion to Mother India, says Shobhana Ranade, [[Vinobha Bhave|Bhave]] used to call me Shobhaniya. Mahatma taught us about non-violence and help the downtrodden.<ref name="DNA news">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-award-will-encourage-me-to-continue-work-says-shobhana-ranade-1499302 | title=DNA news | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Infobox award
| name = The Real Heroes Award
| image =
| imagesize = 180px
| caption = The Real Heroes Award
| presenter = [[Reliance Industries]]
[[CNN-IBN]]}}
[[File:Gandhi and Vinoba.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Gandhi and Vinoba]]
[[File:Pune Palace.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Aga Khan Palace]].]]

Ranade was born in 1924, [[Poona]], in the [[Bombay Presidency]]. The turning point in her life came in 1942, when she was 18, when she met [[Mahatma Gandhi]] at the [[Aga Khan Palace]], in Poona, which resulted in the young Shobhana taking up [[Gandhian]] ideals for the rest of her life.<ref name="Real Heroes profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.realheroes.com/shobhana-ranade.php|title=Real Heroes profile|access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

Ranade's life was devoted to the cause of destitute women and children. Her social career took a turn, in 1955, when she went to North Lakhimpur, [[Assam]], joining a ''padyatra'' (walkathon) with [[Vinobha Bhave]] and helped setting up the ''Maitreyee Ashram'' and a ''Shishu Niketan'',<ref name="JLB profile"/> the first child welfare centre in the region. She also started the campaign, ''Adim Jaati Seva Sangh'', a program for imparting training to [[Naga people|Naga women]] on [[Charkha (spinning wheel)|charkha]] weaving.<ref name="DNA news"/><ref name="Real Heroes profile"/>

In 1979, she returned to Pune and helped founding the Gandhi National Memorial Society and an institute for women for training, based at Aga Khan Palace.<ref name="DNA news"/><ref name="Real Heroes profile"/><ref name="Blogspot"/>

In 1998, Ranade, under the aegis of the Gandhi National Memorial Society, established the ''Kasturba Mahila Khadi Gramodyog Vidyalaya'', an institute for destitute women, for training them in 20 village trades and skills.<ref name="Real Heroes profile" /><ref name="JLB profile"/><ref name="Blogspot">{{cite web|url=http://intsw.blogspot.in/2011/01/shobhana-ranade-gets-important-indian.html|title=Blogspot|access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="YouTube video">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuBPPatwWxM|title=YouTube video|access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

She started an ''SOS children's village'' in Maharashtra, under the name, ''Balgram Maharashtra'' which has now grown to provide a home to 1600 orphans.<ref name="Real Heroes profile"/> The [[Hermann Gmeiner]] Social Centre, founded by Ranade and situated at Shivajinagar, Pune, is a children's home dedicated to the rehabilitation and education of street children, caring for 112 boys and 138 girls.<ref name="JLB profile"/>

Another child welfare project was the ''Balgriha'' and ''Balsadan'', established by Ranade at Saswad, in Pune. These centres now provide home to 60 destitute girls.<ref name="JLB profile"/> Ranade was also involved with the ''Save Ganga Movement'', drive to save River Ganges from pollution, through Gandhi National Memorial Society<ref name="Save Ganga">{{cite web|url=http://www.savegangamovement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=130|title=Save Ganga|access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

Ranade lives in Pune, taking care of her activities centred on Aga Khan Palace.<ref name="Real Heroes profile"/>

==Career positions held==
* Trustee – [[Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust]] (KGNMT)<ref name="KGNMT Trustee">{{cite web | url=http://www.kgnmt.org/kgnmttrusties.htm | title=KGNMT Trustee | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
* Trustee – [[Gandhi Smarak Nidhi]]<ref name="Gandhi Smarak Nidhi">{{cite web | url=http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/smaraknidhi/smaraknidhi_execcommitte.htm | title=Gandhi Smarak Nidhi | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
* Trustee – Balgram Maharashtra<ref name="Board news">{{cite web | url=http://newsofmedia.blogspot.in/2012/03/sandeep-marwah-honored-by-gandhian.html | title=Board news | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="Balgram" />
* Secretary – Gandhi National Memorial Society<ref name="Board news" />
* Chairperson – All India Committee of Eradication of Illiteracy among Women (AICEIW)<ref name="Board news" />
* Board member – SOS Children's Villages – Delhi<ref name="Board news" />
* President – All India Women's Conference<ref name="Balgram" />
* Chairperson – ''Bhoodan'' ''Gram Dan'' Board of Maharashtra<ref name="JLB profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2011/women--and--child-welfare/shobhana-ranade | title=JLB profile | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
* [[Padma Bhushan]] – 2010<ref name="Padma announcement"/>
* [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] – 2011<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj">{{cite web|url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2011/women--and--child-welfare/shobhana-ranade|title=Jamnalal Bajaj|access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[Reliance Foundation]] – [[CNN IBN]] [[Real Heroes Award|Real Heroes]] 2012 Life Time Achievement Award<ref name="CNN IBN award">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC6Xo9zwbPY | title=CNN IBN award | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]] Prize<ref name="KGNMT">{{cite web | url=http://www.kgnmt.org/awards.htm | title=KGNMT | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[Rajeev Gandhi]] Manav Seva Award – 2007<ref name="Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=30110 | title=Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
* Pride of Pune Award – [[Pune University]]<ref name="KGNMT" />
* National Award for Child Welfare Work – 1983<ref name="DNA news" /><ref name="Blogspot" /><ref name="Balgram">{{cite web | url=http://balgram.com/trustees_founder_members.html | title=Balgram | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
* Mahatma Gandhi Award<ref name="Balgram" />

==See also==
{{portal|India}}
* [[Gandhi Smarak Nidhi]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite web |last=Ranade |first=Shobhana |title=Sir Richard Attenborough – Creator of the Classic Film, Gandhi |url=http://indianfolklore.org/journals/index.php/Ish/article/view/444 |journal=Ishani |year=2008 |volume=2 |issue=4 }}

{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19}}
{{Jamnalal Bajaj Award winners}}

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