Q. The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published by

  • Gopal Baba Walangkar
  • Jyotiba Phule
  • Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
  • Bhimrao Ranji Ambedkar

Answer: (a) Gopal Baba Walangkar

Notes:
  • Gopal Baba Walangkar, also known as Gopal Krishna walangkar,(1840–1904) is an early example of an activist working to release the untouchable people of India from their historic socio-economic oppression and is generally considered to be the pioneer of that movement.
  • He developed a racial theory to explain the oppression and also published the monthly journal Vital-Vidhvansak, targeted at the Brahmanical Orthodoxy.
    • In the year 1888, Gopal Baba Walangkar began the monthly publishing of the monthly journal titled Vital Vidhwansak. It was the first monthly journal where people from marginalised communities were the main audience.