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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.
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  Mahatma Jyotirao Phule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mahatma Jotirao 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 "Mali" caste.
Phule was a member of Pune municipality from 1876 to 1882.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Jyotirao Phule
Jyotirao Govindrao Phule (Marathi:ज्योतिराव गोविंदराव फुले) (April 11, 1827 — November 28, 1890), also known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule was an activist, thinker, social reformer and revolutionary from Maharashtra in the nineteenth century.
Phule tried to eliminate the stigma of Hindu Untouchability surrounding the lower castes by opening his house and the use of his water-well to the members of the lower castes.
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth in Rahuri, Ahmednagar District, Maharastra.
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Phule tried to eliminate the stigma of Untouchability[Click link for more facts about this topic] surrounding the lower castes by opening his house and the use of his water-well to the members of the lower castes.
Phule was a member of Pune[For more, click on this link] municipality from 1876 to 1882.
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 Dharmashastra 4a: Mahatma Phule
This was not the case with Phule whose family, though very respectable, was of the Mali or Gardener caste.
Phule went to a Scottish missionary school in Poona where he was influenced by the works of Tom Paine [1737 - 1809] and other English and European radicals.
Phule's attitude to the emerging nationalist politics of the elite was ambivalent.
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 Indian Institute of Education
MAHATMA JYOTIRAO GOVINDRAO PHULE occupies a unique position among the social reformers of Maharashtra in the nineteenth century.
He requested the Duke of Connaught who was a grandson of Queen Victoria to convey his message to her and made a strong plea to provide education to the poor people.
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.
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 Politicians Vent at Mahatma Phule Rally -  PatnaDaily News
Politicians Vent at Mahatma Phule Rally in Patna
Thousands of people in Patna gathered at the Gandhi Maidan at a rally organized in honor of the 19th century socialist philosopher Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule who in his early life realized the need for the empowerment of people from the so-called backward class thus earning the honor of the adjective 'Mahatma'.
Organized by the All India Mahatma Phule Samata Council, people from Kushwaha, Saini, Mali and other castes participated in the rally that was led by Janata Dal (U) leader Upendra Kushwaha and the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Chhagan Bhujbal.
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