The correct answer is - 1, 2 and 3 Explanation & Key Takeaways: Agarkar’s early life: • He was born in Tembhu, a village in the Karad taluka, Satara district of Maharashtra. • He was one of the early Indian nationalists and social reformers, an educationist and also a political and philosophical thinker from Maharashtra. • He received schooling in Karad taluka itself. • He later worked as a clerk in a court in his district itself. • Later, he finally completed his B.A. and M.A. Social reforms by Agarkar: • He was friends and worked in collaboration with Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi, V.B. Kelkar. • He, along with other social reformers like Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Tilak, laid a significant foundation of education in the Deccan region. • Along with Tilak, he founded and co-founded following educational institutions:New English School, Deccan Education Society, Fergusson college. • He also served as the principal of Fergusson college for two years from August 1892 until his death, that is till June 1895. • Later, due to difference in opinions, Agarkar parted ways with Tilak. The latter parted ways with the former on the debate of precedence of social reforms over political reforms. Agarkar was of the opinion that social reforms were the immediate need of the hour back then. • So, he started his own literary piece Sudharak, a Marathi-language weekly periodical. • Sudharak published his stark opinions against untouchability and against blindly following and glorifying the past. • He was a strong proponent of widow remarriage. • While working with Tilak, he became the first editor of Kesari. Related Concepts: Publications: During his short lifetime of 38 years, he published the following literary works. • Futke Nashib (His biography in Marathi) • Alankar Mimamsa (Marathi) • Dongaryachi Turangatil 101 Divas (Marathi) • Hamlet’s marathi translation.