A great reformer of the 19th century India, he fought for the conditions of women and the lower castes and was himself subjected to child marriage. He opened the first of its kind society for prohibition of infanticide and to help the rape survivor. He was greatly inspired by the ideas of Thomas Paine in The Rights of Man and was titled as Mahatma.

Which of the below personalities is being referred to in the paragraph above?

Solution

● Option B is correct: Jyotiba Phule was born in the Mali community in Maharashtra and fought against the caste system, social inequality, and the rule by the upper caste brahmin community. He was given the title of Mahatma for his social service. ● He founded the Satyasodhak Samaj in 1873 to promote amongst the lower castes and the women. ● He authored Gulamgiri, Sarvajanik Satyadharma, and Tritiya Ratna. ● He opened a home for the destitute and widow women in 1854. He was married to Savitri bai Phule at the age of thirteen and was influenced by the ideas of Thomas Paine’s book ”The Rights of Man”.