Who was Jyothi Rao Phule? Write about his contribution against caste discrimination
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He realized that exploited castes and women were at a disadvantage in Indian society, and also that education of these sections was vital to their emancipation.To this end and in the same year, Phule first taught reading and writing to his wife, Savitribai, and then the couple started the first indigenously-run schoo
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The Phule couple ran the infanticide prevention centre till the mid-1880s. Phule tried to eliminate the stigma of social untouchability surrounding the exploited castes by opening his house and the use of his water-well to the members of the exploited castes.
Other names: Mahatma Phule / Jyotiba Phule
Spouse(s): Savitribai Phule
Died: 28 November 1890 (aged 63); Pune, British India (present Maharashtra, India)
Main interests: Ethics, humanism, Education, Social Reformation