In November 1987, the Mother’s day was observed in a school at Vadala. The chief guest was KrishnaTai, the mother of the well-known scientist Dr. Jayantrao Naralkar. She said in her speech, “Students should always speak in soft and humble voice. There is nothing comparable to the sweet joy of literature. So, if the one’s language is harsh, it leads to increase enmity and turn obligation into bad action.” At the end, she said, “Everyone should become ‘Godbole and ‘Karmarkar”. In a way, and that learned lady has honoured these two families. And since our surname is Karmarkar is also included here, we should feel proud of it.

Some of those people who hold this name of ‘Karmarkar”, have attained name and fame in various fields of life. It is appropriate to mention them here. The chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Karmarkar showed extraordinary valour as he brought his ship back navigating thousands of miles in the sea, following the direction with the help of stars in sky, when the compass machine on the ship had failed due to damage. This story is told among the naval cadets with great pride, even today. Advocate V.P.Karmarkar of Dharwad was a minister in the council of ministers of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Principal R.D.Karmarkar of Sir Parashurambhau College was a noted Sanskrit scholar. The famous sculptor V.P. Karmarkar must be mentioned here. The famous surgeon of Mumbai, Dr. R.H.Karmarkar is known for his skill in surgery and also as a professor.

Among the young Karmarkars, who achieved international recognition, Dr. Narendra Krishna Karmarkar must be mentioned too. He has excelled the name of India by his research. He revolutionized the fields of industrial production and distribution by his research in arithmetic. With his method, the statistical problems could be solved even faster than the computer method. Dr. Narendra work as a researcher in the laboratory of the famous Brail Company in America. Recently he has been appointed in the Tata Fundamental Research Institution at Mumbai. The Karmarkar families have spread out to many locations, from Khatmandu in Nepal, to Karnataka. People with this surname have achieved name and fame in a number of fields like Sculpture, Engineering, Surgery, Drama, Sport, scholarship etc. In Nepal, the daughter of Karmarkar stayed as the queen of the Peshwa. Since the details of that history is interesting, it is narrated here below:

We have already seen that the story of the brother of the Bhat who became Peshwa, happened to be Karmarker, cannot be supported. But it is astonishing that even if the brotherly relationship with the Peshwa could not be established, it is a fact that a daughter of the Karmarkar became a queen of the Peshwa. This is the history of its later part of the Peshwa era.
Bajirao, the Second got a legitimate son in the year 1816, but he died as an infant child. Bajirao married totally for 11 times. Finally he adopted three sons of Mahadeo Narayan Bhat of the Gargya gotra, originally from the village Venugaon near Matheran in the Western Maharashtra, who had come to take shelter under him. The first one of them was Dhundiraj. Later he became the famous general Nanasaheb Peshwa at the time of 1857 insurgence. It was predicted in his childhood that ‘ Dhondu would be a king and his fame will spread all over.’ He knew Sanskrit, Urdu,Parsian and Hindi languages. He knew English also. He was a subscriber to all the Anglo-Indian newspapers and weeklies too.  Though he was  bit of bulky in stature, had sparkling eyes. He loved to dress well and wear gold and diamond. By nature he was simple, soft and pure. He was a good sportsman and a swimmer too. He played Billiards excellently. He liked the English way of hospitality. He was curious about the English customs. He would always give away gifts and arrange big dinner parties. He was therefore popular among the English officers. The English people  called him Maharaj of Bithur.