Mahatma Jyotirao Phule: This eminent social reformer and thinker of the 19th century is believed to have launched the first school for girls from the lower strata of society. He also pioneered the ...

Among the Maharashtra social reformers of the 1800s, Jyotirao Phule stands out from the others. While other reformers focused more on changing the social structures of marriage and the family, with ...

Pune: Jyotirao Govindrao Phule famously known as Mahatma Phule is the pioneer of girls' education in India. He founded first school for girls in 1848 in Pune at the residence of Tatyasaheb Bhide.

Phule’s first school for girls was founded in Pune, western India, in 1848. In 1873, Jyotirao Phule and his followers began the Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-seekers’ Society) to campaign for ...