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Write short note with a sociological perspective: Satya Sodhak movement of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.

  • UPSC 2013, 2001
  • Social Movements in Modern India

Jyotirao Phule (1827–1890) founded the Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-Seekers' Society) at Pune on 24 September 1873. Unlike the Brahmo, Prarthana and Arya Samajes, which were reform within the upper-caste fold, Satyashodhak was the first organised assault on caste from below — an attempt not to purify Hinduism but to dispute the Brahmanical claim to interpret it…

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