Savitri Bai Phule - Life History

By Manoj Bhiva | Posted on 22nd Feb 2021 | Biography

Savitri Bai Phule - First Teacher

India's first teacher Savitri Bai Phule was born on 3 January 1831 in Satara District, Maharashtra. Savitri Bai Phule and her Jyotiba husband established the first Indian girls school in Bhide Wada in Pune in 1848. She is considered the mother of Indian feminism. Savitri Bai Phule died on 10 March 1897 (age 66) due to plague.

In India, women have been considered as second class citizens for a long time. This is the reason that his life was considered limited to cooking and advancing the dynasty.

But even in this old-minded society, a woman like Savitri Bai Phule made education arrangements for the upliftment of other women by opening the country's first girls school in Pune in 1848 at the age of just 17.

Information about Savitri Bai Phule

Name : Savitri Bai Phule
Date : 3 January 1831
Placeof birth : Naigaon, British India (now Satara, Maharashtra)
Death : 10 March 1897
Total Life : 66 years
Place of Death : Pune, Maharashtra
Cause of death : bubonic plague
Father : Khandoji Nevshe Patil
Mother : Lakshmi
Husband : Jyotiba Phule
Caste : Mali
Savitri Bai Phule's marriage age : 10 years
Child : No, but adopted Yashwantrao, who was the son born to a Brahmin widow.
Study : Savitri Bai was not educated till the time of marriage but her husband taught her at home. He participated in a 2-year teacher training program. The first institute was in Ahmednagar run by an American missionary Cynthia and the second course was in a normal school in Pune
Special achievements : Savitribai is considered to be the first Indian female teacher and headmistress of the country. In the year 2018, a film was also made on the biography of Savitribai Phule in Kannada. Apart from this, India Post also issued a postage stamp in his honor in 1998. In the year 2015, the University of Pune was renamed Savitribai Phule University of Pune in her honor.

Social work by Savitribai

Savitribai together with her husband had opened a total of 18 schools. Together, these two people had also opened a care center called Child Abuse Banner Home, in which pregnant women suffering from rape were given the facility to give birth to children and raise their children.

She founded the Mahila Seva Mandal to raise awareness about issues related to women rights. He also campaigned against child marriage and advocated widow remarriage.

Savitri Bai's struggle for education

Savitribai Phule did not like the orthodox people. The school started by him was strongly opposed by the people. When she went to school to teach, people used to put dirty garbage etc. on her roof and used to stone them. Savitribai used to carry a sari in her bag and after reaching school she used to change the dirty sari. But despite so many protests, he continued to teach the girls.

In summary, if it is said that if women empowerment has been so much in today's time, the first credit goes to Savitribai Phule.

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