Name(s) JYOTIRAO GOVINDRAO PHULE
Date of Birth April 11, 1827
Date of Death November 28, 1890
Identity Indian activist, thinker, social reformer, writer and theologist from Maharashtra.
Date-wise Events / Works
  • September 24, 1873:   On this day, he established "Satyashodhak Samaj", (Truth-seeker Movement) at Pune, Maharashtra, India.
  • August, 1948:   He, after educating his wife, opened the first school for girls in India.
  • May 11, 1888:   He was bestowed with the title of Mahatma on this day by another social reformer from Bombay, Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar.
Other Events & Developments
  • Also known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.
  • He and his wife Savitribai Phule were pioneers of women's education in India.
  • His works encompassed to many fields including education, agriculture, caste system, women and widow upliftment and removal of untouchability.
  • He is most known for his efforts to educate women and the lower castes as well as the masses.
  • For his fight to attain equal rights for peasants and the lower caste and his contributions to the field of education, he is regarded as one of the most important figures of the Social Reform Movement in Maharashtra.
  • Dhananjay Keer, his biographer, notes him as "the father of Indian social revolution".
  • He was among the intellectuals of India who tried hard for the upliftment of the Dalit community.
  • He is often remembered for his anti-caste efforts and in the trio of Phule-Periyar-Ambedkar.     
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