ThisDayThatYear: A HAVEN FOR WOMEN

Tuesday November 30,2021 by Team Khaki

This day, 139 years ago, social reformer Pandita Ramabai established the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune, influenced by the ideals of the Brahmi Samaj and other Hindu reformers. Among the aims of the society were education of women and the abolition of child marriage. In Mumbai, the Arya Mahila Samaj runs a hostel for women students in Gamdevi.