History

How Crusader Savitribai Phule Ensured Dalits Survived 1897 Bubonic Plague

At a time when women were expected to stay within the four walls and to be completely engrossed in the "chulha-chauka", Savirtribai Phule had triggered a revolution by setting up India's first school for girls in Maharastra's Pune in 1848.Early LifeBorn on January 3, 1831, Savitribai became a...