Savitribai Phule, India’s first teacher and social worker

Savitribai Phule Prime Minister’s Office   WHAT Nation pays tributes to Savitribai Phule on her birth anniversary.   SAVITRIBAI PHULE Savitribai Phule was born on 3 January 1831 at Naigaon in Maharashtra’s Satara district. She was the eldest daughter of Lakshmi and Khandoji Neveshe Patil, both of whom belonged to the Mali community, now an Other Backward Caste (OBC). At the age of 9, she was married to 13-year-old Jyotirao Phule. Savitri was not educated…

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