10 Most interesting facts about Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

Hello friends, welcome to this Wordict Post's blog. In this blog, we will know the special things related to the life of the great Indian thinker, philosopher, and revolutionary man named Mahatma Jyotirao Phule. Friends Mahatma Phule did many things for the upliftment of women and Dalits of India. Jyotiba Phule was against caste-based divisions and discrimination prevalent in Indian society. His mother's name was Chimnabai and his father's name was Govindrao. His entire family came to Pune from Satara to work as a flower worker, due to which his generation's name was Phule, in English, it is called "flower".

Friends, let's have a look at some main facts which are as follows.

1. Mahatma Phule's full name was Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and Bahujan society gave him the title of Father of the Nation. Mahatma Phule was born on 11 April 1827 in Pune, India.

2. Mahatma Jyotirao Phule's family used to work for flowers when Jyotiba was only 1 year old when her mother died.

3. Friends, Jyotiba Phule missed studying in Marathi for some time and later completed seventh grade of English at the age of 21.

4. Jyotiba Phule was married in the year 1840 to Savitribai, who was the first female teacher of modern India.

 5. He opened a school in 1854 to improve the condition of women and to give them recognition in society. This school was the first such school in the country to be opened for girls.

6. Friends, the next fact is as follows, Jyotiba founded the Satyashodhak Samaj to provide justice to the poor and the poor. Impressed by his social service, a meeting in Mumbai in 1888 conferred him the title of Mahatma.

7. Jyotiba started the marriage ceremony without a Brahmin priest and it was also recognized by the Mumbai High Court and Mahatma Phule was an anti-child marriage and widow marriage supporter.

8. During his lifetime, he also wrote many books that are named Ratan, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Tact of Brahmins, Koda of Kisan, and Kaifiyat of untouchables, etc.

9. Friends, due to the struggle of Mahatma Phule and his organization, the government passed the Agriculture Act.

10. Friends, Mahatma Phule used the word Dalit for the first time. Mahatma Phule gave up his life in Pune on 28 November 1890 at the age of 30.

Friends, these were some of the main facts related to the life of Father of the Nation Jyotirao Phule. Friends Mahatma Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule spent their whole life in educating society and removing social evils.

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