With the aid of some social reformers, he began sending letters to the British government for being denied admission to Mahad High School despite being awarded a scholarship on completing his primary education
काही सामाजिक सुधारकांच्या मदतीने त्यांनी ब्रिटिश सरकारला, महाड माध्यमिक शाळेत प्राथमिक शाळेतून शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाल्यावरही प्रवेश रद्द केला गेल्याबद्दल पत्रे लिहिली.