Jan 03, 2017
Savitribai Phule's 186th Birthday
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Today marks the 186th birthday of Savitribai Phule, a heroine of social reform in India. A woman of many accomplishments, Savitribai and her husband opened India’s first school for women in Pune in 1848. Four years later, she and her husband were honored by the British government for their contributions to women’s education. Later in life, Phule set up a care program for widows and led campaigns advocating for Indian citizens deemed “untouchable,” due to being born into what was considered a lower caste.
Savitribai’s legacy lives on today. The Government of Maharashtra has instituted an award in her name and in 2015, the University of Pune in western India was renamed: Savitribai Phule Pune University in her honor.
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