New-Delhi,
11: The 189th birth anniversary of the great social reformer
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule was celebrated at Maharashtra Sadan, and at Maharastra
Information Centre in National Capital. In Maharastra Sadan Secretary and Residential Commissioner Abha
Shukla offered flowers to the portrait of Jyotirao Phule and paid homage.
Protocol and Investment Commissioner Lokesh Chandra, other Officers, and Employees
also offered flowers at the portrait of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule.
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule time period aptly described as the dawn of
revolution in the history not only of Maharashtra
but of the country as a whole in the various fields like Education, Caste
Systems, Agriculture, Economics, Women and widow upliftment , Human Rights,
Untouchability, Social Equality.
He occupies a unique position among the social reformers of Maharashtra in the nineteenth century. While other
reformers concentrated more on reforming the social institutions of family and
marriage with special emphasis on the status and rights of women, Jyotirao
Phule revolted against the unjust caste system under which million of people
had suffered for centuries.
In
particular, he courageously upheld the cause of the untouchables and took up
the cudgels for the poorer peasants. He was a militant advocate of their
rights. The story of his stormy life is an inspiring saga of a continuous
struggle, which he waged relentlessly against the forces of reaction. What was
remarkable was his ability to stand up against all kinds of pressure without
faltering even once and act always according to his convictions.
Jyotirao
was greatly influenced by Thomas Paine's ideas and he read with great interest
Paine's famous book ' The Rights of Man'. On
Education of women and the lower caste, he believed, a deserved priority. Hence
at home he began educating his wife Savitribai and open girl's school in August
1848 and many other contribution done by him for the upliftment of society.
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