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Write a short note on Pandita Ramabai.
Asked by Topperlearning User | 28 Apr, 2016, 09:15: AM
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Pandita Ramabai was a learned woman who had the knowledge of Sanskrit texts. She believed that Hinduism was oppressive towards women. She wrote a book on the miseries suffered by upper caste women. She established a widows’ home at Pune to provide shelter to helpless widows. She trained women in various arts so that they could support themselves financially.

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