Who from the following persons helped Jyotiba Phule to run a Girls School in Pune? a. Sakharam Yashwant Paranjpe, Sadashiv Govind Hate b. Sadashivrao Ballal Govande, Moro Vitthal Walvekar c. Vishnupant Thatte, Keshav Shivram Bhawalkar d. Kashirao Deshmukh, Haribhau Chavan

Who from the following persons helped Jyotiba Phule to run a Girls School in Pune? a. Sakharam Yashwant Paranjpe, Sadashiv Govind Hate b. Sadashivrao Ballal Govande, Moro Vitthal Walvekar c. Vishnupant Thatte, Keshav Shivram Bhawalkar d. Kashirao Deshmukh, Haribhau Chavan Correct Answer Only a, b and c

The correct answer is Only a, b and c.

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 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