1907 माइथायाव, बिथाङा गावनि मेट्रिक आनजादखौ उथ्रिदोंमोन आरो फैबाय थानाय बोसोराव बिथाङा एल्फिंस्टन फरायसालिमायाव हाबदोंमोन, जाय बम्बे मुलुगसोलोंसालिजों गनायथि होजानायमोन, बिथांनि बायदिब्ला, बिदि मावनो हानाय बिथाङा माहार फोलेरनिफ्राय गिबिसिन सुबुंमोन।
In 1907, he passed his matriculation examination and in the following year he entered Elphinstone College, which was affiliated to the University of Bombay, becoming, according to him, the first from his Mahar caste to do so.