page_title: Vidyagauri Nilkanth
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Vidyagauri Nilkanth / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Sir Ramanbhai Nilkanth (1868-1928) and his wife Lady Vidyagauri Nilkanth (1876-1958)
context_page_description: Vidyagauri Nilkanth was an Indian social reformer, educationist, and writer. She was also one of the first two women graduates in Gujarat.
context_section_description: Vidyagauri Nilkanth was born on 1 June 1876 in Ahmedabad. She was the daughter of a judicial officer, Gopilal Dhruva and Balaben. She was a granddaughter of Bholanath Divetia, a social reformer and poet. She got her primary education (till Class VII) from Raibahadur Maganbhai Girl's High School and completed secondary school education from Anglo-vernacular classes at the Mahalakshmi Teachers Training College. She married Ramanbhai Nilkanth in 1889 and together they wrote many articles, books and jointly edited a magazine, Jnanasudha. Vinodini Nilkanth and Sarojini Mehta were their daughters.
  With the support of her husband, she completed her matriculation in 1891 standing the first in Gujarati in the University of Bombay and pursued higher education. She enrolled in 1894 and graduated from Gujarat College with a Bachelor of Arts in moral philosophy and logic in 1901. Her education was interrupted by frequent pregnancies. She was awarded a fellowship and thus her younger sister, Sharda Mehta, and she became the first two women graduates in Gujarat.
caption: Vidyagauri with her husband Ramanbhai Nilkanth
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