Vishvanath Narayan Mandlik

Although a conservative when dealing in several cases involving Hindu traditions (where he opposed state intervention[1]), he supported some reforms such as education for women.

He studied under Rao Bahadur Ramachandra Balkrishna at Ratnagiri and at the age of fourteen he joined the Elphinstone Institution where he received the Clare scholarship.

He was advised by professor Patton to study in England and compete for the Indian Civil Service but his family preferred that he stayed in India.

[2] Mandlik was also a writer and an active member of Bombay University (where he was often an examiner in Marathi and in Law) and the Municipal Corporation.

In 1888 he was diagnosed with Bright's disease and he moved to his home Hermitage located in the better climate of Cumbala Hill where was treated.