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Important Facts about Savitribai Phule life - Freedom Fighter
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Savitribai Phule - The First Indian Teacher
· Savitribai Jyotirao Phule, Born on 3rd
January 1831 at Naigaon, Maharashtra, British India. Daughter of Khandoji
Navse Patil and Laxmibai.
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Savitribai
Phule was an social reformer as well as poet.
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She
was married to 12 year old Jyotirao Phule at the age of nine.
· At a time when education is under attack
and so are those coming from minority communities, Let's take a moment to look
back at the contribution of one Women.
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Who
made Education a reality for those who had forever been deprived of it.
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Savitribai
Phule was a leading social reformer and First known women Teacher in India.
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She
was known for starting the first school for Girls in Bhidewada, Pune in
1848.
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A
leading force at a time, when women had little to no agency and Savitribai
Phule fought against the ideals of the
engrained Patriarchy in Society.
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Savitribai
Phule stood up for the rights of women not just through making education
accessible but alsi standing up for the rights of widows, and fighting
social evils like Dowry and Child marriage.
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Savitribai
Phule wrote extensively on these issues and her works have come to be great relevance
now more than ever. With the RSS and BJP constantly attacking and distorting
history.
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Remembering, Reading
and Talking about Figures like Savitribai Phule becomes extremely important.
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In
2015, The University of Pune was renamed as Savitribai Phule Pune Unversity in
her honour.
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She
died on 10th March 1897 while serving a plague patient.
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January
3 2017 Google India Celebrate her Birthday with Doodle.
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