Explanation:

About Jyotirao Phule:

=> Born in 1827 in Satara district of Maharashtra. Phule was given the title of Mahatma on May 11, 1888, by Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar, a Maharashtrian social activist.

=> His work is related mainly to eradication of untouchability and caste system, emancipation and empowerment of women, reform of Hindu family life.

=> Along with his wife, Savitribai Phule, he is regarded as pioneers of women’s education in India.

=> The couples were the first native Indians to open the first indigenously-run school for girls in India in August 1848 at Pune in Maharashtra.

=> Later, the Phules started schools for children from the then untouchable castes such as Mahar and Mang.