1858 - 1962
Dhondo Keshav Karve (18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962) (), popularly known as Maharshi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women's welfare. He advocated widow remarriage, and he himself remarried a widow as a widower. Karve was a pioneer in promoting widows' education. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dhondo Keshav Karve has received more than 804,528 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Dhondo Keshav Karve is the 291st most popular social activist (up from 323rd in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from India (up from 375th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Indian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Dhondo Keshav Karve ranks 291 out of 538. Before him are Policarpa Salavarrieta, Cho Man-sik, Cut Nyak Dhien, Meshadi Azizbekov, Allan Octavian Hume, and Diana Budisavljević. After him are Emmett Till, Abdallah ibn Yasin, Bhikaiji Cama, Kōtoku Shūsui, Ricardo Flores Magón, and Túpac Katari.
1795 - 1817
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 285
1883 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 286
1850 - 1908
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 287
1876 - 1918
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 288
1829 - 1912
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 289
1891 - 1978
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 290
1858 - 1962
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 291
1941 - 1955
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 292
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 293
1861 - 1936
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 294
1871 - 1911
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 295
1874 - 1922
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 296
1750 - 1781
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 297
Among people born in 1858, Dhondo Keshav Karve ranks 73. Before him are Mélanie Bonis, Medardo Rosso, Vincas Kudirka, Petar Bojović, Jenő Hubay, and Anthon van Rappard. After him are Oldfield Thomas, Mikimoto Kōkichi, Emma Calvé, Wilhelm Fliess, Richard Bergh, and Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães. Among people deceased in 1962, Dhondo Keshav Karve ranks 88. Before him are Milan Vidmar, Erik Scavenius, Diego Martínez Barrio, Francisco Bru, Indalecio Prieto, and Pierre Benoit. After him are Franz Kline, Charles Galton Darwin, György Orth, Edmond Privat, Donald Lippincott, and Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria.
1858 - 1937
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 67
1858 - 1928
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 68
1858 - 1899
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 69
1858 - 1945
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 70
1858 - 1937
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 71
1858 - 1892
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 72
1858 - 1962
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 73
1858 - 1929
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 74
1858 - 1954
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 75
1858 - 1942
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 76
1858 - 1928
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 77
1858 - 1919
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 78
1858 - 1946
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 79
1885 - 1962
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 82
1877 - 1962
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 83
1883 - 1962
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 84
1885 - 1962
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 85
1883 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 86
1886 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 87
1858 - 1962
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 88
1910 - 1962
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 89
1887 - 1962
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 90
1901 - 1962
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 91
1889 - 1962
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 92
1893 - 1962
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 93
1879 - 1962
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 94
Among people born in India, Dhondo Keshav Karve ranks 337 out of 1,493. Before him are Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Rajendra Chola I (1000), Abbé Faria (1756), Joseph Vaz (1651), Alamgir II (1699), and Lahiri Mahasaya (1828). After him are Iskander Mirza (1899), Guru Har Rai (1630), Baji Rao II (1775), Sharad Pawar (1940), Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905), and Bhikaiji Cama (1861).
1919 - 2020
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 331
1000 - 1044
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 332
1756 - 1819
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 333
1651 - 1711
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 334
1699 - 1759
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 335
1828 - 1895
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 336
1858 - 1962
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 337
1899 - 1969
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 338
1630 - 1661
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 339
1775 - 1851
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 340
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 341
1905 - 1992
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 342
1861 - 1936
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 343
Among social activists born in India, Dhondo Keshav Karve ranks 21. Before him are Anna Hazare (1937), Khudiram Bose (1889), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), M. N. Roy (1887), Baba Amte (1914), and Harilal Gandhi (1888). After him are Bhikaiji Cama (1861), Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), Pingali Venkayya (1876), Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Kamala Nehru (1899), and Udham Singh (1899).
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 15
1889 - 1908
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 16
1842 - 1901
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 17
1887 - 1954
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 18
1914 - 2008
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 19
1888 - 1948
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 20
1858 - 1962
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 21
1861 - 1936
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 22
1910 - 1967
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 23
1876 - 1963
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 24
1909 - 1996
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 25
1899 - 1936
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 26
1899 - 1940
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 27