5.3 Anti-Caste Movements
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(a) Jyotiba Phule Jyotiba Govindrao Phule was born in in Maharashtra. He opened the first school for “untouchables” in in Poona. He launched the Satyashodak Samaj (Truth- Seekers Society) to stir the non-Brahman masses to self-respect. Phule opposed child marriage and supported widow remarriage. Jyotiba and his wife Savitriba Phule devoted their lives for the upliftment of the depressed classes and women. Jyotiba opened orphanages and homes for widows. His work, Gulamgiri (Slavery) is an important text that summarized many of his radical ideas.
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(a) Jyotiba Phule Jyotiba Govindrao Phule was born in in Maharashtra. He opened the first school for “untouchables” in in Poona. He launched the Satyashodak Samaj (Truth- Seekers Society) to stir the non-Brahman masses to self-respect. Phule opposed child marriage and supported widow remarriage.
Jyotiba and his wife Savitriba Phule devoted their lives for the upliftment of the depressed classes and women. Jyotiba opened orphanages and homes for widows. His work, Gulamgiri (Slavery) is an important text that summarized many of his radical ideas.
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