Jotirao Phule on why he started a school for Dalits
[This news item was published in Dnyanoday on 15 September 1853. It has been reprinted in the 2006 edition of
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OBC reservation in medical education: VCK gives call for protest
OBC reservation in medical education; reservation in private sector and institutions of excellence: Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) (Liberation Panthers Party)
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Descendants of a storm
Baba Adhav tells the story of Mahatma Jotirao Phule’s descendants with Phule’s daughter-in-law Radha aka Chandrabhaga as the protagonist of this story. This is a heartbreaking story of a woman who was spurned by all for no faults of hers.
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A first-person account about Savitribai Phule
The following is the translation of an excerpt from an essay by Govind Ganapat Kale from the 1981 Marathi book Amhi
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Snapshots from Mahatma Jotirao Phule’s life
This article is the translation of an essay by Govind Ganapat Kale from the 1981 Marathi book Amhi Pahilele Phule. The book is a compilation of recollections narrated by Jotirao Phule’s associates and contemporaries, compiled by Pandharinath Patil and edited by Sitaram Raikar.
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Bahujan Paksh’s manifesto – Vitthal Ramji Shinde
Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde contested the new council elections that took place in Bombay Presidency in 1920 from the Pune city. He published an article titled ‘Bahujan Paksh’ in Baroda’s Jagruti Patra detailing various interests of the Bahujan society. This article, which also serves as a manifesto of his party, is an important document in the history of Maharashtra anti-caste politics.
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