Savitribai Phule is broadly considered India’s first female teacher, social reformer, poetess, and feminist icon. She was born on January 3, 1831, in Naigaon, Satara District, Maharashtra. She was a staunch advocate of training for ladies and spoke about it broadly. She, alongside along with her husband Jyotirao Phule who was additionally a social reformer, began the first faculty for ladies in India greater than 170 years in the past.
They went on to open 18 extra such faculties. ‘University of Pune’ was renamed ‘Savitribai Phule Pune University’ in 2014 to honour her contributions in direction of selling training for ladies particularly for these belonging to marginalized communities.
Savitribai confronted a variety of resistance from the orthodox part of society for her revolutionary work. It is alleged she used to journey with an additional saree whereas travelling to high school as a result of conservatives would hurl stones, cow dung and verbal abuses at her to create hurdles in her path.
Her personal father-in-law requested Phule and her husband to maneuver out of his home as he thought of their work to be ‘sinful’ in accordance with Brahmanical texts.
She was a prolific creator and poet and wrote extensively about ladies’s points. She additionally fought in opposition to injustices and oppression of ladies.
She arrange a care heart known as ‘Balhatya Pratibandhak Griha’ for rape victims and pregnant ladies and would assist with their deliveries. She strongly opposed Sati and arrange a house for widows to assist them.
She additionally established the ‘Satyashodhak Samaj’, a social reform society to interrupt the hegemony of Brahmins within the social and political sphere. This society would work in direction of organising cheaper weddings, inter-caste marriages and advocated the rights of widows to remarry and finish youngster marriage.
She additionally initiated a ‘Mahila Seva Mandal’ to boost consciousness about ladies’s points. After dwelling a life devoted to the upliftment of ladies, Phule handed away on March 10, 1897, after being contaminated by the bubonic plague.
Her efforts have been recognised by the federal government on numerous events. In 1998 a stamp was launched by the India Post in honour of Phule. The Pune City Corporation created a memorial for her in 1983.
Various political leaders just like the Union Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter to pay their respects to the female icon on her death anniversary:
उन्होंने देश में बालिकाओं के लिए पहला विद्यालय खोला तथा स्त्री शिक्षा के लिए संघर्ष करती रहीं। उनका बोया बीज आज विशाल पेड़ बन चुका है, हमारी बेटियाँ वैज्ञानिक बनने से लेकर लड़ाकू विमान उड़ाने तक का कार्य कर रही हैं। ऐसी महान विभूति सावित्रीबाई फुले जी की पुण्यतिथि पर शत्-शत् नमन। pic.twitter.com/ej3xNI2pQJ
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) March 10, 2021
नारी सशक्तिकरण की अप्रतिम प्रतीक, महान समाज सुधारिका, आधुनिक भारत की प्रथम महिला शिक्षिका एवं वंचित वर्गों की शिक्षा और समानता की प्रबल समर्थक क्रांतिज्योति सावित्रीबाई फुले जी को उनकी पुण्यतिथि पर विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि।
आपका आदर्श जीवन सम्पूर्ण सभ्यता के लिए एक महान प्रेरणा है।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) March 10, 2021
स्त्री शिक्षणासाठी आपले जीवन समर्पित करणाऱ्या देशातील पहिल्या महिला शिक्षिका सावित्रीबाई फुले यांच्या पुण्यतिथीनिमित्त विनम्र अभिवादन
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 10, 2021
