Sardar Madhavrao Vinayak Kibe (

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the ...

: माधव विनायक किबे; 1877–?) was a scholar from

Indore State Indore State, also known as Holkar State, was a kingdom in India. Its rulers belonged to the Holkar dynasty. After 1857, Indore became a 19-gun salute Maratha princely state (a rare high rank) under the British Raj. Indore state w ...

, India. He was from the

Karhade Brahmin Karhaḍe Brahmins (also spelled as Karada Brahmins or Karad Brahmins) are a Hindu Brahmin sub-caste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra, but are also distributed in states of Goa, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Classification Along w ...

Kibe family founded by Vithalrao Mahadeo Kibe, known as Tantya Jog, the Prime Minister to Maharaja

Malhar Rao Holkar Malhar Rao Holkar (16 March 1693 – 20 May 1766) was a noble subedar of the Maratha Empire, in present-day India. He was one of the early officers along with Ranoji Scindia to help spread the Maratha rule to northern states and was given the e ...

Education

He was the first alumnus of Daly College to pass. He obtained his B.A. degree in 1899 and M.A. degree 2 years later from the

Muir Central College Muir Central College in Allahabad in northern India was a college of higher education founded by William Muir in 1872. It had a separate existence to 1921, when as a result of the Allahabad University Act it was merged into Allahabad University. ...

, Allahabad.

Work

After completing his education he served as an Honorary Secretary to the

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

darbar for a few years. Later, he was taken on the staff of the Agent of Governor-General in Central India as Honorary Attaché and Magistrate. In 1911, he was appointed to officiate as Diwan to the Raja Saheb of

Dewas Dewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pua ...

, Junior Branch. He was made a

Rao Bahadur __NOTOC__ Rao may refer to: Geography * Rao, West Sumatra, one of the districts of West Sumatra, Indonesia * Råö, a locality in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden Transport * Dr. Leite Lopes–Ribeirão Preto State Airport , ...

in June 1912. He presided over

Marathi Sahitya Sammelan Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (All India Marathi Literary Conference) is an annual conference for literary discussions by Marathi writers. Marathi is the official language of Maharashtra State. The first Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was h ...

held in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

in 1926. He also attended Round Table Conference in London along with his spouse. He and his wife were the member of Congress. ''Location of Lanka'' and ''Studies in Indian States Currencies'' were two among his works.

Personal life

Sardar Madhavrao Kibe was born to Vithalrao Kibe. Kibe's were Jagirdars and Sahukars. The saying goes ''Holkar ka raaj aur Kibe ka byaaj''. He was married to Kamlabai Kibe who was a notable social worker. He has four children. The eldest daughter Indirabai was married to Bal Krishna Vasudev Bhadkamkar an I.C.S Officer. His son Sharad Kibe was married to Shakuntala bai Kibe who was a Patwardhan princess from Kurundwar junior. His younger daughter was married to I.C.S. Officer Narayan Dandekar. His granddaughter Layla raje Patwardhan was the Rajmata of Jamkhandi. His grandson, Ashok Bhadkamkar died as Indian Ambassador.

References

{{authority control Scholars from Madhya Pradesh 1877 births People from Dewas Marathi people Year of death missing Rai Bahadurs Politicians from Indore 20th-century Indian historians Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan Scholars in British India Historians in British India