Remembering Savitribai Phule on Her 128th Death Anniversary in 2025
Honoring Savitribai Phule on her 128th death anniversary in 2025, celebrating her contributions to women’s education, social reform, and equality.
Remembering Savitribai Phule on Her 128th Death Anniversary in 2025: A Pioneer of Women’s Education and Social Reform in India
Savitribai Phule is the first female teacher in India and a feminist pioneer by all standards. She has been and continues to be a colossal figure in the history of social reform in India. Relentlessly fighting for women’s rights and education, she laid the groundwork with her husband Jyotirao Phule for the first school for girls in India. Her never-ending battle against casteism, gender bias, and oppressive social customs inspires future generations. This year, on her 128th death anniversary in 2025, we remember her for the great sacrifices she made for a more just society.
Passing From A Visionary Leader
Savitribai Phule, born on the 10th day of March in the year 1897, died of the age of sixty-six. She died because of the bubonic plague while trying to save a 10-year-old boy who was also suffering from it. While that boy survived the illness, Phule, unfortunately, could not recover from it. Such was the selflessness and devotion to humanity, one of her many legacies, before and under deadly epidemics.
Ten Amazing Facts About Savitribai Phule’s Legacy
Early life with Marriage: Savitribai was born on January 3, 1831, in Naigaon village, Maharashtra. She married at the tender age of 9 to Jyotirao Phule, who turned 13 that year. Her husband motivated her to study despite all social constrictions, which finally led to her becoming India’s first female teacher.
Her Legacy As A Revolutionary Feminist – She is regarded as the first revolutionary feminist of India, breaking barriers by educating girls and advocating for women’s rights in a deeply patriarchal society.
Pioneering Women’s Education- She and her husband founded India’s first girls’ school at Bhide Wada, Pune, in 1848. Only nine students from that family enrolled. She offered stipends to young girls to entice them to attend.
Ever-Widening Net of Education – Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule built 18 more schools for the education of women and backward classes against the bitter opposition and ostracization of society.
Opposition to Social Evils – She played an important role in organizing strike of barbers in Mumbai and Pune against the practice of shaving widows’ heads, which, in turn, was a symbol of their social oppression.
Shelter for the Vulnerable Woman – Along with opening the first infanticide prohibition home in India called Balhatya Pratibandhak Griha in 1863, she provided shelter for pregnant Brahmin widows and victims of sexual abuses.
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The Voice for Change and Poetry – She published two books as a very efficient poet: Kavya Phule (1854) and Bavan Kashi Subodh Ratnakar (1892). She used these literary talents to put across social reform through her writings.
Fight against Dowry and Caste Discrimination – She was a co-founder of the Satyashodhak Samaj, which used to perform inter-caste marriages without priests and dowry with a view to equality and justice.
Breaking Caste Barriers – During untouchability, she set up a well for these people in her own house in defiance of the strong societal statement she made.
Service During the Bubonic Plague – In 1897, Savitribai launched a clinic in Pune to provide medical help to victims of the Third Pandemic of the Bubonic plague. Tragically, while saving lives, she herself contracted and died from the disease.
Legacy and Continuous Impast
Savitribai Phule’s unrelenting work in both education and social reform made a lasting mark in the sands of India’s history. From women’s empowerment to equality among castes and human rights, the road had been paved for acknowledgment of most social justice activists and educators breathing today. Now, several schools, universities, and social organizations will keep on honoring her by working for her vision of society as it should be.
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Honoring her 128th death anniversary, 2025, in short, serves as a beacon of hope and internal strength reminding us to keep working toward a world where education and equality are available to everyone.
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