Jyotiba Phule

Jyotiba Phule, social reformer, fought against social ills including untouchability and the caste system. He made a significant contribution to women’s empowerment and girls’ education. He was born on  11 April, 1827 and passed away  on November 28, 1890.

Phule put a lot of effort into emancipating women and ending caste and untouchability. The effort that Phule did to educate women and members of lower castes is what made him most famous.

The two best-known novels by Jyotirao Phule are Shetkarayacha Aasud (Cultivator’s Whipcord) and Gulamgiri (Slavery).

In 1848, Jyotiba Phule and his wife Savitrirao Phule founded Pune’s first school for Dalit girls.

In an effort to secure equitable social and economic benefits for the lower castes in Maharashtra, Phule oversaw the establishment of Satyashodhak Samaj (also known as “Seekers of Truth”) in 1848.

Jyotiba Phule’s vision of an equitable and inclusive society laid the foundation for many social reform movements in India.His work was crucial in shaping modern India’s commitment to social justice and equality.

Mahatma Phule fought all his life for women and educating them, his aim was that all lives should be treated equally.Mahatma Phule’s quest for providing women and girls with the right to education was supported by his wife Savitribai Phule. yotiba Phule with the help of his wife Savitribai established the first girl school in India in Bhide wada located in Pune in the year 1848. Savitribai was also the first female teacher in that school as well as in India.His legacy of women education is still resonating in modern India.

1. He founded the Poona Library in the year 1852
2. Set up the first school for girls in the year 1848
3. Established the first school for Dalits in the year 1852.
4. Founded the first adult night school in 1858.
5. He founded the Mandali in 1853 to educate social groups like Mangs and Mahars.
6. He established many centres to prevent infanticide.

He dedicated his life to abolishing child marriage and helping widows attain a status quo in society to live peacefully.