Death
Savitribai worked relentlessly for the victims of plague, where she organized camps for poor children. It is said that she used to feed two thousand children every day during the epidemic. She herself was struck by the disease while nursing a sick child named Pandurang Babaji Gaikwad who lived on the outskirts of 'Mundva' village and died on 10 March 1897 at 9 pm. Her death was reported by the local newspaper 'Deenbandhu'.
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