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He belonged to Mali caste & his

family members served Peshwas
as florists so his family became
popular as Phule, the flower man.
So he got his name as Jyothiba
Phule. Due to caste based
Jyothiba Gorhay was born in 1827
discrimination he could attain
in Satara, Maharashtra. He was a
only primary education but after
social reformer who worked to
the influence of Christian
eradicate untouchability. Dr. BR.
missionaries, his father made him
Ambedkar was inspired by him &
to attend local Scottish mission’s
considered him as his guru.
high school.

He was influenced by the book

“Rights of Man” written by
Thomas Paine & wanted to provide
social justice to lower castes &
women who were deprived of their
rights in Indian society. So he
thought that providing education
for these sections is important for He & his wife Savitribai Phule opened
emancipation of Dalits & women. school for girls in Pune in 1848.
He estd. “Satyashodak Samaj”
(Truth seekers’ society. Its aim He wrote books “Gulamgiri” &
was to attain equal social & “Sarvajanik Satyadharma” against
economic benefits for lower castes caste system.
in Maharashtra. It gave a sense of
identity to depressed classes as a
class against those Brahmins who
used religion to exploit masses. He
encouraged leadership of
backward classes.

After his death in 1891, his book “Sarajanik Satyadhrama” was published in
which he wrote about an egalitarian society. He & Savitribhai Phule adopted a boy
named Yashwanth Phule from “Home for widows” which was estd. by them in
1854. For his contributions for the society , he was given a title “MAHATMA”.