History & Civics
With reference to the picture given here, answer the following questions.
(a) Identify and name the person.
(b) Mention his contribution to upliftment of lower castes and women.
(c) Mention the aims and activities of Satyashodhak Samaj.
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(a) The person shown in the given picture is Jyotiba Phule.
(b) His contributions to upliftment of lower castes and women are given below:
- Phule opened many schools for the upliftment of the down trodden people, and the first Girls Schools at Pune in 1851.
- He set up an orphanage to provide shelter to poor widows and their children.
- He founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873.
(c) The Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotiba Phule in 1873 to mitigate the distress and sufferings of dalits and women. The Samaj opposed idolatry and denounced the caste system, campaigned for spread of rational thinking and rejected the need for priests.
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