N. G. Chandavarkar

Narayan Chandavarkar
Vice Chancellor of University of Mumbai
In office
1911 - 1912
Preceded byRamkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Succeeded byJohn Heaton
President of the Indian National Congress
In office
1900 - 1901
Preceded byRomesh Chunder Dutt
Succeeded byDinshaw Edulji Wacha
Personal details
Born
Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar

2 December 1855
Honnavar (Present day in Uttara Kannada Karnataka)
Died4 May 1923 (aged 68)
NationalityBritish Indian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Alma materElphinstone College
OccupationPolitician, Lawyer, Academic
AwardsKnight Bachelor (1910)
Statue of Sir N. G. Chandavarkar at the Convocation Hall, University of Mumbai.

Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar (2 December 1855 – 4 May 1923) was an early Indian National Congress politician and Hindu reformer. He was regarded by some as the "leading Hindu reformer of western India".[1]

  1. ^ Modern Religious Movements in India by J. N. Farquhar - Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 43, No. 2, Book Review Supplement (Jun., 1975), pp. 349-351