Modern History PYQ 160 of 636 · Social and Religious Movements

In 1873 who founded Satyashodhak Samaj?

  1. AGopal Krishna Gokhale
  2. BJyotiba Phule
  3. CShiv Nath Shastri
  4. DNone of the above

40th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1995

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Correct answer: (b) Jyotiba Phule

Explanation

In 1873, the Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotiba Phule. He led a powerful non-Brahmin movement. Through his book ‘Gulamgiri’ (1873) and his organisation ‘Satyashodhak Samaj’, he stressed the need to protect the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmins and their self-serving religious texts.

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