Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve (18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962), popularly known as Maharishi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women’s welfare. In honour of Karve, Queen’s Road in Mumbai (Bombay) was renamed to Maharshi Karve Road
Karve continued the pioneering work in promoting widows’ education. The Government of India awarded him its highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1958, the year of his 100th birthday.
The appellation Maharshi, which the Indian public often assigned to Karve, means ”a great sage”. He was also sometimes affectionately called “Anna Karve”; in the Marathi-speaking community to which Karve belonged, the appellation “Anna” is often used to address either one’s father or an elder brother.