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Jyotirao Phule

1827 - 1890

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Jyotirao Phule (11 April 1827 – 28 November 1890), also known as Jyotiba Phule, was an Indian social activist, businessman, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. His work extended to many fields, including eradication of untouchability and the caste system and for his efforts in educating women and oppressed caste people. He and his wife, Savitribai Phule, were pioneers of women's education in India. Phule started his first school for girls in 1848 in Pune at Tatyasaheb Bhide's residence or Bhidewada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jyotirao Phule is the 449th most popular philosopher (up from 477th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from India (down from 163rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jyotirao Phule ranks 449 out of 1,267. Before him are Christian Thomasius, Zhiyi, Ernesto Laclau, Martha Nussbaum, Lucilio Vanini, and Ge Hong. After him are Dhul-Nun al-Misri, Hans Reichenbach, Linji Yixuan, Alain de Lille, Henry Suso, and Phaedo of Elis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Jyotirao Phule ranks 14. Before him are Heonjong of Joseon, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, William Holman Hunt, and Charles De Coster. After him are Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Oswald Achenbach, Jules Breton, Mangal Pandey, Henry Gray, and Frederick Abel. Among people deceased in 1890, Jyotirao Phule ranks 20. Before him are Richard Francis Burton, William Kemmler, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, John Henry Newman, Niels Gade, and Princess Zorka of Montenegro. After him are Gottfried Keller, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Lorenz von Stein, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Spotted Elk, and Louis Le Prince.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jyotirao Phule ranks 175 out of 1,861. Before him are Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Mukesh (1923), Anthony de Mello (1931), Mahboob Ali Khan (1866), Sarojini Naidu (1879), and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918). After him are Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), Tukaram (1608), Nana Sahib (1824), and Shantideva (685).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Jyotirao Phule ranks 20. Before him are Ramana Maharshi (1879), Vyasa (-390), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Ramanuja (1017), Chandrakirti (600), and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703). After him are Shantideva (685), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883).

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