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
Chuar Uprising was started by aboriginal tribesmen of Midnapore district. The reason was famine, enhanced land revenue demands and economic distress. It lasted from 1766 to 1772 and again surfaced between 1759 and 1816.
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