Ghurye biography books

Founder of Indian sociology (1893–1983)

Govind Sadashiv Ghurye (12 December 1893 – 28 December 1983) was a pioneering Indian academic who was a professor of sociology. In 1924, he became the second person to head the Department of Sociology at the University of Bombay.

And, is widely regarded as the founder of Indian Sociology & Sociology in India.

Ghurye biography books

Early life

G S Ghurye was born, in a Saraswat Brahmin community^[5] on 12 December 1893, at Malvan, in present-day Maharashtra. His early schooling was at the Aryan Education Society's High School, Girgaum, in Bombay, and then at Bahadur Khanji High School, Junagadh, in the princely state of Junagadh.

He joined Bahauddin college at Junagarh, in 1912, but moved on to Elphinstone College, Bombay, after a year, and received his B. A. (Sanskrit) and M. A. (Sanskrit) degrees from there. He earned the Bhau Daji prize with his B.

A., and the Chancellor's gold medal with his M. A. degree. After completing his