SAVTRIBAI PHULE - First lady teacher of India
Go, Get Education Be self-reliant, be industrious Work, gather wisdom and riches, All gets lost without knowledge We become animal without wisdom , Sit idle no more, go, get education End misery of the oppressed and forsaken, You’ve got a golden chance to learn So learn and break the chains of caste. Throw away the Brahman’s scriptures fast — Poem by Savitribai Phule Savitribai Phule was born on January 3, 1831 in the Satara District village of Naigaon, Maharashtra. She was born approximately 15 km (9.3 miles) from Shirval and 50 km (31 miles) from Pune. Savitribai Phule was reared by Lakshmi and Khandoji Nevase Patil, who both belonged to the Mali Community. Three siblings were present. At the age of nine or ten, Savitribai wed Jyotirao Phule (he was 13). Savitribai and Jyotirao never had any biological children of their own. A Brahmin widow’s son named Yashawantrao is said to have been adopted by them. However, there is currently no original evidenc...