Name the social reformer from Maharashtra who worked for the depressed castes.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Jyotiba Phule
Jyotiba Phule of Maharashtra pointed to the suffering of the depressed castes and so demanded economic and social justice for them.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 The will of the people … Democracy, equality and justice were ideals that had become intimately associated with social struggles in India since the nineteenth century. When the social reformers in the nineteenth century opposed child marriage and demanded that widows be allowed to remarry, they were pleading for social justice. When Swami Vivekananda campaigned for a reform of Hinduism, he wanted religions to become more just. When Jyotiba Phule in Maharashtra pointed to the suffering of the depressed castes, or Communists and Socialists organised workers and peasants, they were demanding economic and social justice.…” |