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	Dewan Bahadur '''Ragunath Row''' (also spelled Ragoonath or Raghunath) was the first President of the [[Madras Theosophical Society]], of which [[T. Subba Row]] was the Corresponding Secretary.		Dewan Bahadur '''Ragunath Row''' (also spelled Ragoonath or Raghunath Rao) was the first President of the [[Madras Theosophical Society]], of which [[T. Subba Row]] was the Corresponding Secretary.

	On [[June 3]], 1882, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] answered a letter of his that was later published under the title of [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/hindu-widow-marriage# Hindu Widow Marriage]. In 1887 Mme. Blavatsky remarked about him:		On [[June 3]], 1882, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] answered a letter of his that was later published under the title of [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/hindu-widow-marriage# Hindu Widow Marriage]. In 1887 Mme. Blavatsky remarked about him:
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	In December 1888, when [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Col. Olcott]] left for Japan, he appointed Ragunath Row as part of a committee to exercise all Executive functions on his behalf during his absence.		In December 1888, when [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Col. Olcott]] left for Japan, he appointed Ragunath Row as part of a committee to exercise all Executive functions on his behalf during his absence.

			In 1891, the [[Adyar Library and Research Centre\|Adyar Library]] was presented with a bust in his likeness, ''"which is said to be an excellent portrait of the energetic South Indian reformer and our respected brother."''<ref>"Theosophical Activities: East" ''Lucifer'' Vol 8 (March 15th, 1891), 82.</ref>

			== Writings ==
			Ragunath Row wrote articles and letters that appeared in [[The Theosophist (periodical)\|''The Theosophist'']]. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Ragoonath+Row&s=author 13 materials under the spelling "Ragoonath Row"]''' and '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Raghoonath+Row&s=author one under the spelling "Raghoonath Row"]'''. He also compiled primers in Sanskrit and Tamil.

			== See also ==
			* R. Raghunatha Rao in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Raghunatha_Rao Wikipedia]

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	On [[June 3]], 1882, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] answered a letter of his that was later published under the title of [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/hindu-widow-marriage# Hindu Widow Marriage]. In 1887 Mme. Blavatsky remarked about him:		On [[June 3]], 1882, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] answered a letter of his that was later published under the title of [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/hindu-widow-marriage# Hindu Widow Marriage]. In 1887 Mme. Blavatsky remarked about him:

	<blockquote>Ragunath Rao, a Brâhmana of the highest caste, who has presided for three years over [[Madras Theosophical Society\|The Theosophical Society of Madras]], and who is at present Prime Minister (Dewan) of the Holkar, is the most fervent reformer in India.		<blockquote>
	~~<br>~~		Ragunath Rao, a Brâhmana of the highest caste, who has presided for three years over [[Madras Theosophical Society\|The Theosophical Society of Madras]], and who is at present Prime Minister (Dewan) of the Holkar, is the most fervent reformer in India.
	He is fighting, as so many other Theosophists, the law of widowhood, on the strength of texts from Manu and the Vedas. He has already freed several hundred young widows, destined to celibacy because of the loss of their husbands in their childhood, and he has made possible their remarriage in spite of the hue and cry of protest on the part of orthodox Brâhmanas. He laughs at castes; and the one hundred odd Theosophical Branches in India help him in this all-out war against superstition and ecclesiastical cruelty.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1990), 82.</ref></blockquote>
			He is fighting, as so many other Theosophists, the law of widowhood, on the strength of texts from Manu and the Vedas. He has already freed several hundred young widows, destined to celibacy because of the loss of their husbands in their childhood, and he has made possible their remarriage in spite of the hue and cry of protest on the part of orthodox Brâhmanas. He laughs at castes; and the one hundred odd Theosophical Branches in India help him in this all-out war against superstition and ecclesiastical cruelty.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1990), 82.</ref>
			</blockquote>

	In December 1888, when [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Col. Olcott]] left for Japan, he appointed Ragunath Row as part of a committee to exercise all Executive functions on his behalf during his absence.		In December 1888, when [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Col. Olcott]] left for Japan, he appointed Ragunath Row as part of a committee to exercise all Executive functions on his behalf during his absence.

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	Dewan Bahadur '''Ragunath Row''' (also spelled Ragoonath or Raghunath) was the first President of the [[Madras Theosophical Society]], of which [[T. Subba Row]] was the Corresponding Secretary.		Dewan Bahadur '''Ragunath Row''' (also spelled Ragoonath or Raghunath) was the first President of the [[Madras Theosophical Society]], of which [[T. Subba Row]] was the Corresponding Secretary.

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	Dewan Bahadur '''Ragunath Row''' (also spelled Ragoonath or Raghunath) was the first President of the [[Madras Theosophical Society]], of which [[T. Subba Row]] was the Corresponding Secretary.		Dewan Bahadur '''Ragunath Row''' (also spelled Ragoonath or Raghunath) was the first President of the [[Madras Theosophical Society]], of which [[T. Subba Row]] was the Corresponding Secretary.

	On [[June 3]], 1882, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] answered a letter of his that was later published under the title of [http://www.blavatsky.net/~~blavatsky~~/~~arts/HinduWidowMarriagepv.htm~~# Hindu Widow Marriage]. In 1887 Mme. Blavatsky remarked about him:		On [[June 3]], 1882, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] answered a letter of his that was later published under the title of [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/hindu-widow-marriage# Hindu Widow Marriage]. In 1887 Mme. Blavatsky remarked about him:

	<blockquote>Ragunath Rao, a Brâhmana of the highest caste, who has presided for three years over [[Madras Theosophical Society\|The Theosophical Society of Madras]], and who is at present Prime Minister (Dewan) of the Holkar, is the most fervent reformer in India.		<blockquote>Ragunath Rao, a Brâhmana of the highest caste, who has presided for three years over [[Madras Theosophical Society\|The Theosophical Society of Madras]], and who is at present Prime Minister (Dewan) of the Holkar, is the most fervent reformer in India.

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	<blockquote>Ragunath Rao, a Brâhmana of the highest caste, who has presided for three years over [[Madras Theosophical Society\|The Theosophical Society of Madras]], and who is at present Prime Minister (Dewan) of the Holkar, is the most fervent reformer in India.		<blockquote>Ragunath Rao, a Brâhmana of the highest caste, who has presided for three years over [[Madras Theosophical Society\|The Theosophical Society of Madras]], and who is at present Prime Minister (Dewan) of the Holkar, is the most fervent reformer in India.
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	He is fighting, as so many other Theosophists, the law of widowhood, on the strength of texts from Manu and the Vedas. He has already freed several ~~hun-dred~~ young widows, destined to celibacy because of the loss of their husbands in their childhood, and he has made possible their remarriage in spite of the hue and cry of protest on the part of orthodox Brâhmanas. He laughs at castes; and the one ~~hun-dred~~ odd Theosophical Branches in India help him in this all-out war against superstition and ecclesiastical cruelty.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1990), 82.</ref></blockquote>		He is fighting, as so many other Theosophists, the law of widowhood, on the strength of texts from Manu and the Vedas. He has already freed several hundred young widows, destined to celibacy because of the loss of their husbands in their childhood, and he has made possible their remarriage in spite of the hue and cry of protest on the part of orthodox Brâhmanas. He laughs at castes; and the one hundred odd Theosophical Branches in India help him in this all-out war against superstition and ecclesiastical cruelty.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1990), 82.</ref></blockquote>

	In December 1888, when [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Col. Olcott]] left for Japan, he appointed Ragunath Row as part of a committee to exercise all Executive functions on his behalf during his absence.		In December 1888, when [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Col. Olcott]] left for Japan, he appointed Ragunath Row as part of a committee to exercise all Executive functions on his behalf during his absence.

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	On [[June 3]], 1882, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] answered a letter of his that was later published under the title of [http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/HinduWidowMarriagepv.htm# Hindu Widow Marriage]. In 1887 Mme. Blavatsky remarked about him:		On [[June 3]], 1882, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] answered a letter of his that was later published under the title of [http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/HinduWidowMarriagepv.htm# Hindu Widow Marriage]. In 1887 Mme. Blavatsky remarked about him:

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