Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jayanti: Know all about the social reformer; inspirational quotes, wishes to share

Jyotiba Phule Jayanti date:  Every year on April 11, we celebrate the birth anniversary of one of India’s foremost social reformers, educators and thinkers, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule. This year is the 196th birth anniversary of Jyotirao Govindrao Phule. He was born on April 11, 1827, in the Satara district, Maharashtra. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule was a social reformer, anti-caste activist, thinker and writer, Jyotiba Phule. He dedicated his towards education and upliftment of the oppressed, eradication of untouchability and the caste system. In the 1880s, he used the Marathi word 'Dalit' to refer to untouchables and outcasts oppressed by society. He was the first person with his wife Savitribai Phule to open a school for girls in Pune in 1848, which was a revolutionary step towards women's education in India. He also launched a big campaign to overcome a water crisis at the time.

Jyotiba Phule founded the ‘Society of Truth Seekers’ or ‘Satyashodhak Samaj’ with his followers. The society’s mission was to achieve equal rights for persons from exploited castes. Jyotiba Phule also raised his voice against issues like female infanticide.  
 

Mahatma Jyotirao Phule's famous quotes and wishes to share on Whatsapp  

"Do not use the wrong means to do good work."

"Without education, wisdom was lost; without wisdom, morals were lost; without morals, development was lost; without development, wealth was lost; without wealth, the Shudras were ruined; so much has happened through lack of education."

"If the Brahmans really wish to unite the people of this country and take the nation ahead, then first they must drown their cruel religion, which is customary amongst both the victors (Brahmans) and the vanquished (Shudras), and they publicly and clearly, must cease using any artifice in their relationship with the Shudras, who have been demeaned by that religion, and trample on inequality and the Vedanta opinion, and till a true unity is established, there will be no progress in this country."

"Brahmins say that education has made them repentant. In fact, they reform themselves only to secure themselves in good positions with the British. While at home they continue to worship pieces of stone."

"Let there be schools for the Shudra in every village, but away with all Brahmin school masters! The Shudras are the life and sinews of the country, and it is to them alone and not to the Brahmins that the Government must ever look to tide them over their difficulties, financial as well as political. If the hearts and minds of the Shudras are made happy and contented, the British Government need have no fear for their loyalty in the future."