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Irawati Karve | |
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| Born | 15 December 1905 |
| Died | 11 August 1970 |
| Alma mater | Fergusson College, Poona Bombay University |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Spouse | Dinkar Dhondo Karve |
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Irawati Karve (15 December 1905[1] – 11 August 1970) was a pioneering Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist and writer from Maharashtra, India. She was one of the students of G.S. Ghurye, founder of Indian Sociology & Sociology in India. She has been claimed to be the first female Indian Sociologist.
- ^ Irawati Karmarkar Karve (2007). Anthropology for archaeology: proceedings of the Professor Irawati Karve Birth Centenary Seminar. Deccan College Post-graduate and Research Institute. p. 19.
Born on 15th December 1905 at Mingyan in Myanmar (then Burma), and named after the River Irawaddy. Her father Hari Ganesh Karmakar worked there in a cotton mill. Her mother's name was Bhagirathi.