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  Literature of Mahatma Pule - Mahatma Phule Chair - University of Pune, India.
Mahatma Phule Samajkrantiche Agradoot – Kulkarni Dattaji, Raghnwanshi Prakashan, Pune.
Mahatma Jotirao Phule - Nirmal Guruji, Shrividya Prakashan; Pune.
Mahatma Jotirao Phule - Mudholkar Sandhya, Anmol Prakashan, Pune.
www.unipune.ernet.in /chairs/mahatmaphule/literature.htm   (1698 words)

  
 Mahatma Jyotirao Phule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule (April 11, 1827 - November 28, 1890) was an activist and social reformer from Maharashtra, critical of caste relations in Western India and noted for his work in the upliftment of widows and the lower castes in India.
Jotirao Phule was born in Pune to a family of the "Maali" caste.
Phule tried to eliminate the stigma of Untouchability surrounding the lower castes by opening his house and the use of his water-well to the members of the lower castes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mahatma_Jyotirao_Phule   (411 words)

  
 Mahatma Jotirao Phule
Jotirao's deep sense of commitment to basic human values made it difficult for him to restrain himself when he witnessed injustice and atrocities committed in the name of religion by those who were supposed to be its custodians.
Jotirao argued that the sudras were the sons of the soil while the Brahmins came from outside and usurped everything that was possessed by the `not one hundredth part of the rogueries' that were generally practised on his `poor, illiterate and ignorant Sudra brethren'.
In 1876 Jotirao was nominated as a member of the Poona Municipality, He tried to help the people in the famine-stricken areas of Maharashtra when a severe famine in 1877 forced people in the rural area to leave their villages.
www.ambedkar.org /reformers/phule.htm   (3499 words)

  
 Life & work of Mahatma Pule - Mahatma Phule Chair - University of Pune, India.
Jotirao prepared his wife Savitribai to teach in the girls' school, with a view to educating the women first, in order to bring in the value of equality at home.
Mahatma Jotiba Phule was present conspicously in the dress of a poor farmer and effectively communicated the impecunious circumstances of the Indian farmers.
Jotirao realised the fact that Education is an effective medium for the upliftment of society, whose sensitivity has become blunt because of deterioration for various reasons.
www.unipune.ernet.in /chairs/mahatmaphule/lifework.htm   (3020 words)

  
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Jotirao's marriage was celebrated when he was not even thirteen.
Knowing that Jotirao belonged to the Mali caste which was considered to be inferior by the Brahmins, the relatives of the bridegroom insulted and abused him.
Throughout his life, Jotirao Phule fought for the emancipation of the downtrodden people and the struggle, which he launched at a young age ended only when he died on 28th November, 1890.
www.shivdharma.com /idol_jyotiba.asp   (370 words)

  
 JYOTI RAO PHULE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Knowing that Jotirao belonged to the Mil caste which was considered to be inferior by the Brahmins, the relatives of the bridegroom insulted and abused him.
Jotirao argued that the sudras were the sons of the soil while the Brahmins came from outside and usurped everything that was possessed by the `not one hundredth part of the rogueries' that were generally practsed on his `poor, illiterate and ignorant Sudra brethren'.
It should be remembered that just as Jotirao did not mince words when he criticised the leaders of tormist movement he was equally fearless in criticising the decision of the alien rulers which did not contribute to the welfare of the masses.
www.bhagwanvalmiki.com /jyotirao.htm   (6420 words)

  
 The Hindu : Diversity: Bhopal and beyond
But, according to Phule, it was not representative; and the method he used to assert this is worth quoting in full.
Jotirao: I think that there is no likelihood that Kunbis and others are its members.
Jotirao: The Gujars, Marwaris and other shopkeepers and the Salis, Koshtis, Khatris and others are not even nominal members, as I have heard.
www.hinduonnet.com /2002/02/21/stories/2002022100521000.htm   (970 words)

  
 Caste, Conflict and Ideology - Cambridge University Press
The leaders of this movement were convinced that religious hierarchies had combined with the effects of British colonial rule to produce inequality and injustice in many fields, from religion to politics and education.
Jotirao Phule and his circle: the emergence of a distinctive radical voice: 5.
Phule's polemic in the 1880s: the ideological construction of rural life and labour; 14.
www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521266157   (360 words)

  
 Sainistar -Jotirao Govindrao Phule   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
But because Jotiba’s father, Govindrao, and his two brothers followed the trade of florists and supplied flowers, garlands, etc, to the Peshwa’s household, the family came to be called ‘Phule’.
Therefore, Govindrao removed his son from the school, and for some time Jotiba had to take the pick-axe and work in the garden.
Fortunately, Govindrao’s neighbours, Gaffhar Baig and Legit, impressed upon him value of education and prevailed upon him to send his son to a Scottish Mission School.
www.sainistar.com /gallery/phule.htm   (1338 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule (April 11, 1827 - November 28, 1890) was a social worker noted for his work in the upliftment of widows and the lower castes in India.
He was assisted in his work by his wife, Savitribai Phule, and together they started the first school for girls belonging to the shudra and atishudra Caste in India in 1848, for which he had to leave his home.
He was highly influenced by Thomas Paine's book 'Rights of Man'.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Jotirao_Govindrao_Phule   (181 words)

  
 Social Reform Movement in Maharashtra - TheBestLinks.com - Bombay, Oxford University, 19th century, 1912, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur (1874-1922) also plunged into this movement and defied the caste system, championed the cause of the untouchables and promoted education in his state.
Karmaveer Bhaurao Paigonda Patil (1887-1959), the architect of the Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, followed in the footprints of Phule, Shinde and Shahu Maharaj.
Maharashtra will always remain proud of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956), the chief architect of the Indian Constitution and the creator of a social and political awareness among the scheduled castes of India.
www.thebestlinks.com /Social_Reform_Movement_in_Maharashtra-bp-printable-v-yes-ep-.html   (411 words)

  
 The Hindu : Story and history
The chapter, titled `Baliraja', consisting of a conversation between Mahatma Phule and Dhondiba (Namdev Khumbar), is of particular interest.
Mahatma Phule speaks of Baliraja's kingdom, which stretched from Maharashtra all the way down south to erstwhile Ceylon and northwards to Ayodhya and Benares.
Mahatma Phule proceeds to demystify mythical `history' and re-situates the narrative within the context of an alternative history to conclude that to take the narrative as it appears in the Puranas would be foolish and amount to being politically correct and religiously brainwashed.
www.hindu.com /mp/2003/09/08/stories/2003090801140100.htm   (1084 words)

  
 JYOTI RAO PHULE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Left home with Jotirao for educating Shudra and ati Shudra's.
Phule family was honoured by British government for their works in the field of education and Savtribai was declared as the best teacher.
Major Candy felicitated Jyotiba Phule for his contribution in the field of education.
www.bhagwanvalmiki.com /savitribai.htm   (321 words)

  
 ► » WHAT A HINDU SCHOOL CAN ACHIEVE, or not   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
At the time of Mahatma Jotirao Phule, his father
At the time of Mahatma Jotirao Phule, his bitter critic was Vishnu
When no teacher was available for Phule's school, Sawitribai got
www.cricamet.com /WHAT-A-HINDU-SCHOOL-CAN-ACHIEVE-or-not-3652903.html   (3374 words)

  
 Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 84009419
Table of contents for Caste, conflict, and ideology : Mahatma Jotirao Phule and low caste protest in nineteenth-century western India / Rosalind O'Hanlon.
Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Caste India Maharashtra History, Maharashtra (India) History, Fule, Joti Govindrao, 1827-1890
www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/cam031/84009419.html   (271 words)

  
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Govindrao Phule in Maharashtra and later to the campaigns of E. Ramaswami Naicker in Madras state.
Jotirao Phule (1827-90) developed powerful arguments against the
Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India.
www.ambedkar.org /News/News120504.htm   (14673 words)

  
 Selected New Acquisitions in South Asia
Aligarha : Ananda Sahitya Sadana, 2001 Main Stack DS432.M2495A86 2001 Fule, Joti Govindrao, 1827-1890.
Mumbai, India : Mahatma Jotirao Phule Source Material Publication Committee, Govt.
(Series: Collected works of Mahatma Jotirao Phule ; vol.
www.lib.berkeley.edu /SSEAL/SouthAsia/newacq8.html   (1838 words)

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