Question

Write down in brief the work done by the Jyotiba Phule for the welfare of the lower caste people.

Answer 1

Jyotiba Phule was a great social reformer of Maharashtra. He did many important works for the welfare of people of Scheduled Castes :

1. First of all, he opened three schools in Poone for education of the girls of Scheduled Castes. Jyotiba Phule and his wife Savitri Bai themselves taught in these schools.
2. He criticised the economic exploitation of people of Scheduled Castes by brahmins and purohits through his speeches and his two books.
3. He advised the people of Scheduled Castes to perform religious sacrament of marriage without Brahmins and Purohits.
4. Jyotiba Phule established an institution called Satyashodhak Samaj on 24th September, 1873 A.D. This institution criticised the social slavery of people of lower castes and demanded social justice for them.
5. He also appealed government not to take much land revenue from poor farmers and peasants so that their condition could be improved. Jyotiba Phule spent whole of his life in improving the condition of women of Scheduled Castes. He was given the title of ‘Mahatma’ for the works done by him for the welfare of the people of Scheduled Castes.