Jotiba Govindrao Phule

Mahatma Phule
Full name	Jotiba Govindrao Phule
Other names	Mahatma Phule
Born	April 11, 1827(1827-04-11) Satara district
Died	November 28, 1890(1890-11-28) (aged 63)
Era	19th century philosophy
Region	India
School	Indian philosophy
Main interests	Ethics, religion, Humanism
Influenced by[show]   The Great King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj · Moses  · Jesus · Ashoka · Chandragupta Maurya · Muhammad · Kabir  · Buddha  · Ram Mohan Roy · George Washington  · Thomas Paine · Abraham Lincoln · Savitribai Phule  · Thomas Jefferson · Benjamin Franklin · Martin Luther · Booker T. Washington · Mission (Christian) · Bible · Quran · Constitution of the United States · American Revolution · French Revolution
Influenced[show]   Bhimrao Ambedkar · Social Reform Movement in Maharashtra · Mahatma Gandhi · Shahu Maharaj  · Nana Patil  · A H Salunkhe  · Savitribai Phule  · Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III · Chhagan Bhujbal · Prakash Ambedkar · Chiranjeevi · Panjabrao Deshmukh · Indian Independence Movement
Website	https://www.mahatmaphule.com/

Mahatma Jotiba Govindrao Phule (Marathi: जोतीबा गोविंदराव फुले) (April 11, 1827 — November 28, 1890), also known as Mahatma Jotiba Phule was an activist, thinker, social reformer, writer, philosopher, theologist, scholar, editor and revolutionary from Maharashtra, India in the nineteenth century. Jotiba Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule were the pioneer of women's education in India. His remarkable influence was apparent in fields like education, agriculture, caste system, women and widow upliftment and removal of untouchability. He is most known for his efforts to educate women and the lower castes as well as the masses. He, after educating his wife, opened a school for girls in India in August 1848. This was the second girls school in India. Peary Charan Sarkar, a former student of Hindu College, Calcutta and a member of "Young Bengal" set up the first free school for girls in 1847 in Barasat, a suburb of Calcutta (later the school was named Kalikrishna Girls' High School).

In September, 1873, Jotirao, along with his followers, formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth) with Jotirao with the main objective of the organisation as to liberate the Bahujans, Shudras and Ati-Shudras and to prevent them from exploitations and atrocities done by the Brahmins. For his fight to attain equal rights for peasants and the lower caste and his contribution to the field of education, he is regarded as one of the most important figures in Social Reform Movement in Maharashtra. Dhananjay Keer, his biographer, rightly notes him as "the father of Indian social revolution".^[1]

Jyotiba Phule Nagar district ज्योतिबा फुले नगर जिला
Location of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh
State	Uttar Pradesh,  India
Administrative division	Moradabad
Headquarters	Amroha
Area	2,321 km2 (896 sq mi)
Population	1,499,193 (2001)
Literacy	50.21 per cent[1]
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Amroha
Official website

Jyotiba Phule Nagar district is one of the 72 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Amroha town is the district headquarters. According to Government of India, the district is one of the Minority Concentrated District in India on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators^[2].

The district is bounded on the north by Bijnor District, on the east and southeast by Moradabad District, on the south by Badaun District, and on the west by the River Ganges, across which lie Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, and Meerut districts.

[edit] History

The territory occupied by the present district was part of Sambhal sarkar of Delhi subah under Mughal empire. Later it came under the control of Awadh. In 1801, the administration of this territory was ceded to the British East India Company by the Nawab of Awadh. On 24 April 1997, this district was carved out by separating Amroha, Dhanora and Hasanpur tehsils of the erstwhile Moradabad district.

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[edit] External links

• Official website
• Amroha - capital of Jyotiba Phule Nagar District

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