Explain the contribution of Mahatma Jotiba Phule in social and educational field? (Give answer in detail, about 250 words)
Answers
Part of movement for widow remarriages
Member of Pune municipal council in 1876-82
Open home for illegitimate children n tgeir mothers
• Mahatma Jyotirao Phule fights for various aspects of the social and economic field.
• He fights for social inequalities. It can only be achieved through women's education.
• He has introduced the word "Dalit" to divide the people of lower castes from the traditional varna system.
• He was worked on the untouchability and caste system.
• Phule wrote the book Gulamgiri dedicated this book to American slaves.
• He has started schools for low caste people, children, and women in their premises.
• He supported widow marriages and started a shelter for poor pregnant women to give safe birth.
• He was the innovator of women's education in India.
•He fought for child marriages, he took effective steps for the reformation of society.
• In 1888 the great reformer Rao Bahadur Vandekar gave Phule the title Mahatma for his selfless contributions and services.