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.

Social reforms and key contributions:

=> 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.

=> In 1863, he opened a home for pregnant Brahmin widows to give birth in a safe and secure place.

=> He opened an orphanage home to avoid infanticide. In this regard, he is believed to be the first Hindu to start an orphanage for the unfortunate children.

=> In 1868, Jyotirao decided to construct a common bathing tank outside his house to exhibit his embracing attitude towards all human beings and wished to dine with everyone, regardless of their caste.

=> In 1873, Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj, or the Society of Seekers of Truth, for the rights of depressed classes, to denounce the caste system and to spread rational thinking.