Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Jyotiba Phule
The correct answer is Jyotiba Phule.
- Jyotiba Phule:
- Jyotirao Govindrao Phule was an Indian social activist, social reformer, and writer from Maharashtra.
- He completed his schooling at Scottish Mission School.
- He along with his followers, formed the Satyashodhak Samaj to attain equal rights for people from lower castes.
- He realized the importance of education, social reforms, and universal humanism.
- He championed widow remarriage and started a home for high caste pregnant widows to give birth in a safe and secure place.
- He opposes Vedas in order to reform the caste system.
- His notable publications are Tritiya Ratna, Powada: Chatrapati Shivajiraje Bhosle Yancha, (English: Song of praise of Shivaji Maharaj).
- Durgaram Mancharam:
- Durgaram Manchharam Dave popularly known as Durgaram Mehta or Durgaram Mehtaji.
- He was a Gujarati social reformer, writer, diarist, and teacher from British India.
- Along with his associates, he established the Manav Dharma Sabha, the first reform association of Gujarat, at Surat in 1844.
- Dadoba Pandurang Tarkhadkar:
- He was a brother of Atmaram Pandurang, Dadoba Pandurang (Tadkhadkar) born in Pune, Maharashtra.
- He was a social reformer and linguist from Bombay.
- He wrote extensively on religion and social reform as an opponent of rituals and caste, he also supported widow-remarriage and education for women.
- Narayan Guru:
- Narayana Guru was a great philosopher, spiritual leader, and social reformer in India.
- He was born into a family that belonged to the Ezhava caste.
- He led a reformation movement against the injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala in order to foster spiritual enlightenment and social equality.
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