Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati was a renowned Hindu social reformer and Sanskrit scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of women, children, and low-caste individuals.

She advocated for the welfare and education of Indian widows, leading to the establishment of the first school for child widows, Sharada Sadan, in Pune in 1889.

Ramabai attained the coveted titles of "Pandita" and "Saravasti" thanks to her proficiency in Sanskrit.

In 1883, she decided to choose Christianity as her way of life. Her efforts to become familiar with the Greek and Hebrew languages in order to be able to read and translate the Holy Bible into basic Marathi so that it is understandable to rural people show how dedicated she is to her newly discovered faith and the welfare of common people. The Bible she translated into Marathi is still one of her best-known works.

Ramabai proved the male reformers' fears to be accurate through her unconventional education, research of a wide range of Hindu religious literature, extensive travel, marriage to a Bengali Shudra man, conversion to Christianity, advocacy for the education of women, and remarriage of widows.

She resisted confinement to the domestic space and made an effort to influence the public world.