Moroba Kanhoba

Moroba Kanhoba Vijaykar was a 19th-century writer and social reformer belonging to the Pathare Prabhu community of Maharashtra. He wrote the famous Marathi novel "Ghashiram Kotwal" based on a true character in the 18th century. As a reformer who believed in the rights of women, especially widows, he married a widow in 1870. Unfortunately, the couple was found dead within one year of their marriage.[1][2]

References

Kanupriya; Amar Nath Prasad. Indian Writing in English: Tradition and Modernity. Moroba Kanhoba Vijaykar's novel Ghashiram Kotwal appeared in 1873. Ghashiram is not an imaginative character of literature.
Crossing Thresholds: Feminist Essays in Social History. 2007. p. 350. Perhaps the most highly publicized was the ill-fated marriage of Moroba Kanhoba Vijaykar, one of the earliest members of the Society, in 1870. It resulted in the family's excommunication by his Pathare Prabhu caste, despite reformist support. But most unfortunate was the tragedy that struck before a year was over. The newly-weds were found dead in the neighbouring...

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[1] Kanupriya; Amar Nath Prasad. Indian Writing in English: Tradition and Modernity. Moroba Kanhoba Vijaykar's novel Ghashiram Kotwal appeared in 1873. Ghashiram is not an imaginative character of literature.

[2] Crossing Thresholds: Feminist Essays in Social History. 2007. p. 350. Perhaps the most highly publicized was the ill-fated marriage of Moroba Kanhoba Vijaykar, one of the earliest members of the Society, in 1870. It resulted in the family's excommunication by his Pathare Prabhu caste, despite reformist support. But most unfortunate was the tragedy that struck before a year was over. The newly-weds were found dead in the neighbouring...