GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Jyotiba Phule
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Rajaram Mohan Roy
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Nehru
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-seekers’ Society) was a social reform society founded by Jyotiba Phule in Pune, Maharashtra, on 24 September 1873. It espoused a mission of education and increased social rights and political access for underprivileged groups, focused especially on women, peasants, and Dalits, in Maharashtra.
Detailed explanation-2: -He opposed casteism and discrimination of women. To raise his concern and reform these evil practices, he formed Satya Shodhak Samaj, in 1873, meaning ‘Society of Truth Seekers’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Membership of Satyashodhak Samaj was open to all castes, sects, and religions. Anyone who accepted its ideology and acted accordingly by taking oath could be a member of Satyashodhak Samaj. Swami Dayanand put emphasis on the Veda. He gave the slogan-“Go back to the Vedas”.