Who among the following helped Mahatma Jyotiba Phule for running girl's school ? (a) Sakharam Yashwant paranjape, Sadashiv Govind Hate (b) Sadashivrao Balal Govande, Moro Vitthal Valvekar (c) Vishnupant Thatte, Keshav Shivram Bhavalkar (d) Devrao Thosar, Mrs. E.C. Jones

Who among the following helped Mahatma Jyotiba Phule for running girl's school ? (a) Sakharam Yashwant paranjape, Sadashiv Govind Hate (b) Sadashivrao Balal Govande, Moro Vitthal Valvekar (c) Vishnupant Thatte, Keshav Shivram Bhavalkar (d) Devrao Thosar, Mrs. E.C. Jones Correct Answer All of the above

The correct answer is All of the above.

Key Points

  • Jyotirao ‘Jyotiba’ Govindrao Phule was a prominent social reformer and thinker of nineteenth-century India. 
  • He led the movement against the prevailing caste restrictions in India. 
  • He was also a pioneer for women's education in India and fought for the education of girls throughout his life.
  • In 1851, Jyotiba established a girls' school and asked his wife  Savitribai Phule to teach the girls in the school. 
  • Later, he opened two more schools for the girls and an indigenous school for the lower castes.
  • Sakharam Yashwant Paranjpe, Sadashiv Govind Hate, Sadashivrao Ballal Govande, Moro Vitthal Walvekar, Vishnupant Thatte, Keshav Shivram Bhawalkar, Devrao Thosar, Mrs. E.C. Jones helped him to run Girl's school in Pune.

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Jyotiba Phule, popularly known as Baba Phule, was a social reformer in Maharashtra. Which of the following is not true about him