| Name(s) |
SAVITRIBAI JYOTIRAO
PHULE |
| Date of
Birth |
January 03, 1831
– Satara Distt., Maharashtra, India. |
| Date of
Death |
March 10, 1897 |
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Identity |
Indian Social
Reformer |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- She was a social reformer, who, along with her husband,
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, played an important role in
improving women's rights in India during the British Rule.
- She was the first female teacher of the first
women's school in India and also considered as the pioneer
of modern Marathi poetry.
- In 1852 she opened a school for Untouchable girls.
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Mahatma Jyotirao, her husband, is regarded as one of the
most important figures in the social reform movement in
Maharashtra and India.
- He is most known for his efforts to educate women and
the lower castes.
- Jyotirao was Savitribai’s mentor and supporter.
- Under his influence Savitribai had taken women’s
education and their liberation from the cultural patterns of
the male-dominated society as mission of her life.
- She worked towards tackling some of the then major
social problems, including women’s liberation, widow
remarriages and removal of untouchability.
- Savitribai worked relentlessly for the victims of
plague, where she organized camps for poor children.
- It is said that she used to feed two thousand children
every day during the epidemic.
- She herself was struck by the disease while nursing a
sick child and died on 10 March 1897.
- Maharashtra government started an award in her name for
Women Who Work for Social Causes.
- On March 10, 1998 a stamp was released
by Indian post to honour Savitribai's contribution.
- She is regarded as a "Vidya Jyoti" for
all those who want to do something in the field of
education.
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