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Posted 12 Apr 2024

Updated 13 Apr 2024

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  • Prime Minister paid tributes to Jyotiba Phule on his birth anniversary.

 

  • About Mahatma Jyotiba Govindrao Phule (1827 - 1890)
    • Born in Maharashtra, Phule was social reformer, writer, educationalist and champion of social justice. 

 

  • Key Contributions
    • With help of his wife Savitribai Phule, both started first school for girls in 1848 in Pune.
    • In 1873, he founded Satyashodhak Samaj (‘Truth-seekers’ society’) to attain equal rights for people from lower castes.
    • Literary work:  Tritiya Ratna, Gulamgiri, Shetkaryacha Aasud, etc.

 

  • Values: Compassion, Courage, Humanism, etc.
  • Tags :
  • Mahatma Jyotiba Govindrao Phule
  • Social Reformer
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