INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gopal Hari Deshmukh came to be known as lokahitawadi. He advocated humanitarianism and social service as the two driving forces in India. Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhitawadi.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gopal Hari Deshmukh composed articles on social change in Maharashtra in the weekly paper Prabhakar using the pen name ‘Lokhitwadi’. Hence, he came to be known by that pen name. Gopal Hari Deshmukh was an Indian activist, thinker, social reformer and an important figure of the Social Reform Movement in Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jyotiba Phule, an Indian activist, thinker, social reformer, writer and theologist from Maharashtra. He and his wife, Savitribai Phule, were pioneers of women’s education in India. His work extended to many fields including education, agriculture, caste system, women and widow upliftment and removal of untouchability.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the contributions of Gopal Hari Deshmukh were as follows: He promoted emancipation (liberation) and education of women, and wrote against arranged child marriages, dowry system.