jan 1, 1873 - Satya Shodhak Samaj by Jyotiba Phule 1873

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Jyotirao Govindrao Phule (11 April 1827 – 28 November 1890) was an Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra.
His work extended to many fields, including eradication of untouchability and the caste system and for his efforts in educating women and exploited caste people.

He was influenced by Thomas Paine's book titled The Rights of Man.
On May 11, 1888, a Maharashtrian social leader named Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar bestowed him the title of mahatma.


In 1873, Jyotiba Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth). He undertook a systematic deconstruction of existing beliefs and history, only to reconstruct an equality promoting version.

The purpose of the Satya Shodhak Samaj was to decontaminate the society from caste discrimination and liberate the oppressed lower-caste people from the stigmas inflicted by the Brahmins.

This Org served as the foundation for a peasant-led mass movement against the shetji-bhatji class of intelligentsia and the moneylender-landlord.
Jyotirao Phule was the first person to coin the term ‘Dalits’ to apply to all people considered lower caste and untouchables by the Brahmins.
They resorted to Tamashas, popular folk dramas which started with Ganapti Puja but critiqued the Brahminical practices.

Deenbandhu was founded by Krishnarao Pandurang Bhalekar (1850-1910) and served as an outlet for Jotirao Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj.
It was the first newspaper in India to cater explicitly to the labouring people.[2] The weekly articulated the grievances of the peasants and workers.



In 1873, Phule wrote a book named Gulamgiri, meaning Slavery.
10 years earlier, slavery had ended in America after the American Civil War.
Jyotirao Phule had dedicated Gulamgiri to all those Americans who had fought to free slaves, thereby establishing a link between black slaves of America and people of lower castes in India.

Major Publications: Tritiya Ratna (1855), Powada: Chatrapati Shivajiraje Bhosle Yancha (1869), Gulamgiri (1873), Shetkarayacha Aasud (1881)

Savitribai Phule:

Savitribai founded the Mahila Seva Mandal in 1852 to promote women's rights.
Kavya Phule and Bavan Kashi Subodh Ratnakar were her publications.
Poem, Go, Get Education: schooling for oppressed classes.

2 educational trusts—the Native Female School, Pune, and The Society for Promoting the Education of Mahars, Mangs, and Etcetera.

Balhatya Pratibandhak Griha (Home for the Prevention of Infanticide) began at their home.

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