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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.
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    • Social Reformer
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