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u:i WHO'S WHO IN INDIA Club in Bombay and was its President till she left Bombay in 1 90 1. In Poona where she went to stay in her husband's house after his death she started the Hindu Ladies' Social Club and is its President. She is now the central figure in all activities for vv'omen not only in Poona but all over the Deccan so far as social and philanthropic movements by women go. Besides being a member of a number of associations, like the Hindu Women's Home in Poona, the National Indian Asso- ciation, Poona Branch, the Poona Plague Relief Committee, the Salumbra Fire Committee, she is a regular visitor to the Central Jail in Poona where she teaches the 3 R's to female convicts. Of late, her main line of work has been the women's movement called the Sevasadan Society of Bombay of which she is the President since its commence- ment in 1909. She is also the President of the Poona branch of the Sevasadan and what is more striking is that the whole institution is located in her own house. Under her guidance this institution promises to be the foremost institution in the land as a women's mission of service. She, accompained by three other high class women workers of the Sevasadan, went to Palanpur in Kathiawar at the time of the great famine of 191 1- 12 to distribute relief to the famine striken people and in appreciation of these and other services the Government granted her a Silver Kaisar-i-Hind Medal. As regards her literary merits she occupies a pre-eminent place among the authoresses of the Deccan. Among others, she has published a Marathi book styled "The Reminiscenses of Mr. Ranade and this publication has become so popular that 3 editions have been printed. Moreover, the book has been translated into Gujrati and Hindi as well. The property left to her by her husband is just enough for her to keep her position. Mr. Ranade has appointed her the sole executress of a charitable trust of the value of Rs. 50,000 which he created to help several social, religious, educational and political movements. Her own charities have also been many and in different directions. She now spends all hef time in educational, social