Sakharam Arjun (sometimes Sakharam Arjun Ravut in official documents[1] but he did not use the caste-linked surname in publications) (1839-16 April 1885) was a physician and social activist in Bombay. An expert on Indian medicinal plants, he was one of the two Indian founding members of the Bombay Natural History Society.[2][3] He became the step-father of the pioneering woman physician Rukhmabai (1864-1955) after he married her widowed mother Jayantibai. He also wrote books in Marathi.
- ^ Bombay University Calendar for the year 1883-4. p. 200
- ^ Millard W. S. (1932). "The founders of the Bombay Natural History Society". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 35. No. 1 & 2: 196–197.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Reuben, Rachel (2005). "The Indian Founders". Hornbill (April–June): 13–15.