The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
He was the first to raise his voice against Brahmans in Maharashtra in the 1870s
His Satyashodhak Mandal contained both an elite based conservative trend and a genuine mass-based radicalism
Phule through his book Ghulamagiri (1872) and his organization Satyashodhak Mandal, proclaimed the need to save the lower castes from the hypocritical Brahmans and their scriptures
Abul Kalam Azad was the president of Indian National Congress during the vital negotiations with both the Cripps Mission and Cabinet Mission. He was the longest serving president of Indian National Congress.