Community Service
For over two decades Keshavraoji was closely associated with the Hindu reform movement of Arya Samaj in Hyderabad. He was the President of Hyderabad Samajik Sudhar Sangh, a social reform organization. In 1907, he was instrumental in starting a school with Marathi as the language of instruction for the large local Marathi speaking community at Residency Bazar. He was also actively involved in starting a school in Gulbarga with his friend Sri Vittalrao Davulgavkar. He started a Marathi library in 1920 in Hyderabad and inspired the Mararastrian youth. He was instrumental in starting a Marathi monthly magazine named Rajhansa.
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