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| name = Mahadev Govind Ranade | | name =Mahadev Govind Ranade | ||
| image = Mahadev Govind Ranade.jpg | | image = Mahadev Govind Ranade.jpg | ||
| image_size = 220px | | image_size = 220px | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| birth_date = {{birth-date|18 January 1842}} | | birth_date = {{birth-date|18 January 1842}} | ||
| birth_place = [[ | | birth_place = [[Niphad ]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[Company Raj]]<br/>(Now in [[Nashik District]], [[Maharashtra|Maharashtra, India]]) | ||
| death_date = {{death-date and age|16 January 1901|18 January 1842}} | | death_date = {{death-date and age|16 January 1901|18 January 1842}} | ||
| death_place = Bombay Presidency, India | | death_place = [[Pune]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]<br/>(Now in [[Maharashtra|Maharashtra, India]]) | ||
| occupation = Scholar, social reformer, author | | occupation = Scholar, social reformer, author | ||
| citizenship = [[British Raj]] | | citizenship = [[British Raj]] | ||
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| spouse = [[Ramabai Ranade]] | | spouse = [[Ramabai Ranade]] | ||
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[[Rao Bahadur | '''[[Rao Bahadur]] Mahadev Govind Ranade''' (18 January 1842 – 16 January 1901), popularly referred to as '''Justice Ranade''', was an Indian scholar, social reformer, judge and author. He was one of the founding members of the [[Indian National Congress]] party<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Ranade, Mahadeo Govind |volume=22 |page=884}}</ref><ref name="biogovind">{{cite web |title= Mahadev Govinde Ranade |url=http://www.rrtd.nic.in/biogovind.html |access-date=2015-08-22}}</ref> and owned several designations as member of the Bombay legislative council, member of the finance committee<ref name=EB1911/> at the centre, and judge of the [[Bombay High Court]], Maharashtra.<ref>"Encyclopaedia Eminent Thinkers (Vol. 22 : The Political Thought of Mahadev Govind Ranade)", p. 19</ref> | ||
As a well known public figure, his personality as a calm and patient optimist influenced his attitude towards dealings with Britain as well as reform in India. During his life he helped to establish the [[Vaktruttvottejak Sabha]], the ''[[Poona Sarvajanik Sabha]]'', Maharashtra Granthottejak Sabha, and the ''[[Prarthana Samaj]]'', and edited a [[Bombay]] Anglo-Marathi daily paper, the ''[[Induprakash]]'', founded on his ideology of social and religious reform. | As a well known public figure, his personality as a calm and patient optimist influenced his attitude towards dealings with Britain as well as reform in India. During his life he helped to establish the [[Vaktruttvottejak Sabha]], the ''[[Poona Sarvajanik Sabha]]'', Maharashtra Granthottejak Sabha, and the ''[[Prarthana Samaj]]'', and edited a [[Bombay]] Anglo-Marathi daily paper, the ''[[Induprakash]]'', founded on his ideology of social and religious reform. | ||
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In any case, the wedding was held in full compliance with tradition and the marriage was certainly a happy one. Ramabai was a daughter of the Kurlekar family, which belonged to the same caste and social strata as Ranade.<ref>Mukherjee, M., 1993. Story, history and her story. Studies in History, 9(1), pp.71-85.</ref> The couple had an entirely harmonious and conventional marriage. Ranade ensured that his wife receive a high education, something about which she herself was initially not keen. However, like all Indian women of that era, she complied with her husband's wishes and grew into her new life. Indeed, after Ranade's death, Ramabai Ranade continued the social and educational reform work initiated by him. | In any case, the wedding was held in full compliance with tradition and the marriage was certainly a happy one. Ramabai was a daughter of the Kurlekar family, which belonged to the same caste and social strata as Ranade.<ref>Mukherjee, M., 1993. Story, history and her story. Studies in History, 9(1), pp.71-85.</ref> The couple had an entirely harmonious and conventional marriage. Ranade ensured that his wife receive a high education, something about which she herself was initially not keen. However, like all Indian women of that era, she complied with her husband's wishes and grew into her new life. Indeed, after Ranade's death, Ramabai Ranade continued the social and educational reform work initiated by him. | ||
==Published | ==Published works== | ||
* {{cite book |author=Ranade, Mahadev Govind |title=Rise of the Maráthá Power |year=1900 |ol=24128770M |publisher=Punalekar & Co. |location=Bombay |url=https://archive.org/details/risemarathapowe00bahagoog/page/n6}}; reprinted in 1999 as {{ISBN|81-7117-181-8}} | * {{cite book |author=Ranade, Mahadev Govind |title=Rise of the Maráthá Power |year=1900 |ol=24128770M |publisher=Punalekar & Co. |location=Bombay |url=https://archive.org/details/risemarathapowe00bahagoog/page/n6}}; reprinted in 1999 as {{ISBN|81-7117-181-8}} | ||
* {{cite book |author=Ranade, Mahadev Govind |editor=Bipan Chandra |editor-link=Bipan Chandra |title=Ranade's Economic Writings |location=New Delhi |publisher=Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd. |year=1990 |isbn=81-212-0328-7 |ol=364195W}}. | * {{cite book |author=Ranade, Mahadev Govind |editor=Bipan Chandra |editor-link=Bipan Chandra |title=Ranade's Economic Writings |location=New Delhi |publisher=Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd. |year=1990 |isbn=81-212-0328-7 |ol=364195W}}. | ||
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==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||
A television series on [[Zee Marathi]] named ''[[Unch Maaza Zoka]]'' (roughly translated as 'I have leapt high in Life') based on Ramabai's and Mahadevrao's life and their development as a 'women's rights' activist was broadcast in March 2012. It was based on a book by Ramabai Ranade titled ''Amachyaa Aayushyaatil Kaahi Aathavani''. In the book, Justice Ranade is called "Madhav" rather than Mahadev{{#tag:ref| He himself is quoted as saying that "I am Vishnu (Madhav) and not Shiva (Mahadev)" (see pages 12, 121). This anomaly was discovered by Ms. Vibhuti V. Dave, while translating the book into Gujarati, under the title ''Amaaraa naa Sambhaaranaa''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dave|first1=Vibhuti|title=Amaaraa Sahajivan naa Sambhaaranaa|date=6 December 2014|publisher=Self|location=Vadodara, Gujarat, India|pages=12, 121}}</ref>"|group=note}}. | A television series on [[Zee Marathi]] named ''[[Unch Maaza Zoka]]'' (roughly translated as 'I have leapt high in Life') based on Ramabai's and Mahadevrao's life and their development as a 'women's rights' activist was broadcast in March 2012. It was based on a book by Ramabai Ranade titled ''Amachyaa Aayushyaatil Kaahi Aathavani''. In the book, Justice Ranade is called "Madhav" rather than Mahadev. The series had actors Vikram Gaikwad as Mahadev Govind Ranade and [[Spruha Joshi]] as [[Ramabai Ranade]].{{#tag:ref| He himself is quoted as saying that "I am Vishnu (Madhav) and not Shiva (Mahadev)" (see pages 12, 121). This anomaly was discovered by Ms. Vibhuti V. Dave, while translating the book into Gujarati, under the title ''Amaaraa naa Sambhaaranaa''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dave|first1=Vibhuti|title=Amaaraa Sahajivan naa Sambhaaranaa|date=6 December 2014|publisher=Self|location=Vadodara, Gujarat, India|pages=12, 121}}</ref>"|group=note}}. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||