Who established ‘Satya Sodhak Samaj’?
(A) B.R.Ambedkar
(B) Santram
(C) Jotiba Phule
(D) Bhaskar Rao Jadhav
Correct Answer : Jotiba Phule
Question Asked : Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012
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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