Bhagirathibai Tambe Early life Originally named Manikarnika and nicknamed Manu, she was born on 19 November 1835 at Kashi ( Varanasi ) to a Maharashtrian  Marathi   Karhade Brahmin family, the daughter of Moropant Tambe and Bhagirathibai Tambe. She lost her mother at the age of four, and was educated at