Satya Shodhak Movement was launched by

(A) Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj
(B) B. R. Ambedkar
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) T.N. Nair

Correct Answer : Jyotiba Phule
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2009
Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotiba Phule in 1873. He was born in 1827 as a gardener’s son. He operated a powerful movement of non-Brahmins. The main objectives of the Samaj were to redeem the Shudras and Ati-Shudras from the influence of Brahmanical scriptures and make them conscious of their human rights and liberate them from mental and religious slavery. He also wrote a book ‘Gulamgiri’ in 1872.
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