He founded the “Snehwardhak Mandal” and laid the foundation of social service in Murud.
Karve had heard and read about the miserable condition of the widows. One day he saw his friend’s sister going through the agony of having her head shaved. The sight shook him to the core. He then decided to work for improving the condition of widows.
After the death of Radhabai, his relatives were pestering him to get married again. In 1893 he shocked everybody when he decided to marry his friend’s widowed sister, Godavari, and renamed her as ‘Anandi’.
He formed a society ‘Vidhwa Vivah Samiti’ and toured all over Maharashtra advocating widow remarriage. He founded “Anath Balikashram”, a home for destitute girls and women and went from door to door to collect funds.
The first women’s University in India was founded. Dr. Bhandarkar was the first Vice-Chancellor, and Anna was the first Principal of the college.
On his 100th birthday in 1958, he was honoured with the “Bharat Ratna” award. He was the first Maharashtrian to receive the award.
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