Q67
Indian National MovementSocio-Religious & Educational Reform
Who founded 'Satyashodhak Samaj'?
- a.B. R. Ambedkar
- b.Gopal Hari Deshmukh
- c.Sri Narayan Guru
- d.Jyotirao Phule
Answer: (D) Jyotirao Phule
Jyotirao Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj (Society of Truth-Seekers) at Pune in 1873 to free the lower castes from Brahmanical domination; he was given the title 'Mahatma' in 1888. B. R. Ambedkar founded the Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha (1924), Gopal Hari Deshmukh was the reformer known as 'Lokahitawadi', and Sri Narayana Guru of Kerala inspired the SNDP Yogam (1903) with the message 'one caste, one religion, one God for mankind'.