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Kisan Faguji Bansod

• He was born in a Mahar Family at Mohapa village near Nagpur in Maharashtra. 
• He wanted the Dalits boys and girls to be educated so he established the Chokhamela girls' schools at Nagpur. 
• Setting up his own press in 1910, Bansod published the journals Nirashrit Hind Nagarik, Vital Vidhvansak and Majur Patrika.
• He was influenced by the Bhakti cult and the work of Brahmo Samaj and the Prarthana Samaj.

Vitthal Ramji Shinde

• Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde was born in a small princely state of Jamkhandi, now a part of Karnataka, in a Marathi-speaking Maharashtrian family.
• On his return from England in 1903, Shinde dedicated his entire life towards religious and social reforms. Though he continued working for Prarthana Samaj, but he emphasized on the abolition of untouchability from India.
• He founded the Somvanshiya Mitra Samaj on March 14, 1907 to abolish the Devdasi system amongst Mahar and Mang women.
• He even established the Akhil Bhartiya NirashritAkhil Bhartiya Nirashrit Asprushyata Nivarak Sangha, through which he organized an All-India convention in Mumbai emphasizing on the removal of untouchability, during the years 1918 to 1920.
• He visited Burma between 1925 and 1926 to study social ethics and Buddhist religion. On his return to India, he took active participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement with Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 and served six-month imprisonment in Yerawda prison near Pune.
• He wrote a book titled "Bhartiya Asprushyatecha Prashna" (India's untouchability question) that was published in 1933.

Gopal Baba Walangkar

• Gopal Baba Walangkar is a political figure associated with social reform and empowerment. He was a remarkable individual who dedicated his life to challenging social injustices and uplifting marginalized communities. 
• Gopal Baba Walangkar played a significant role in advocating for the rights and welfare of Dalits (formerly known as untouchables). He worked towards securing their access to education, healthcare, and equal opportunities. His advocacy efforts aimed to bring about social change and improve the lives of Dalits.
• In the year 1888, Gopal Baba Walangkar began the monthly publishing of the monthly journal titled Vital Vidhwansak. It was the first monthly journal where people from marginalised communities were the main audience.
• He wrote Hindu Dharma Darpan published in 1894.
• He contributed to Marathi language journals such as Sudharak and Deenbandhu to arouse awareness and inspire the depressed classes.

Gopal Hari Deshmukh 'Lokahitwadi'

• He was an Indian activist, thinker, social reformer and an important figure of the Social Reform Movement in Maharashtra.
• Deshmukh authored 35 books on a variety of subjects, such as religion, society, the economy, politics, history, and literature.
• Gopal Hari Deshmukh, commonly known as Lokahitawadi, was an Indian who had a Western education and lived from 1823 to 1892.
• He served as a judge and a member of the Governor General’s Council in 1880.
• In 1876, he attended the Delhi Durbar dressed in handspun khadi as an advocate of national independence.
• His most extensive writings are mainly historical.
• He began contributing several brief essays to the magazine Prabhakar starting in 1848 on religious, social, political, economic, and educational subjects.
• These 108 items, collectively called Shatapatre, were gathered in 1860 as a component of the Lokhitwadikrta Nibandha Sangraha.
• Great social reformer and rational thinker Lokahitawadi urged people to be independent and pursue a Western education.
• These, in his opinion, were methods for developing a sober mindset and dealing with the nation’s urgent problems.
• He suggested that India’s guiding principles should be humanitarianism and social service.
• He started a weekly, Hitechhu, and also played a leading role in founding the periodicals, Gyan Prakash, Indu Prakash, and Lokahitawadi.