PHILOSOPHER

Jyotirao Phule

1827 - 1890

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Jyotirao Phule (11 April 1827 – 28 November 1890), also known as Jyotiba Phule, was an Indian social activist, businessman, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. His work extended to many fields, including eradication of untouchability and the caste system and for his efforts in educating women and oppressed caste people. He and his wife, Savitribai Phule, were pioneers of women's education in India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jyotirao Phule has received more than 4,222,255 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jyotirao Phule is the 477th most popular philosopher (down from 402nd in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from India (down from 116th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jyotirao Phule ranks 477 out of 1,267. Before him are Hasdai Crescas, Ravidas, P. D. Ouspensky, Ernst Troeltsch, Valentinus, and Aristo of Chios. After him are Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Willard Van Orman Quine, Arete of Cyrene, Yan Hui, Madhvacharya, and Agrippa the Skeptic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Jyotirao Phule ranks 16. Before him are Marcellin Berthelot, William Holman Hunt, Charles De Coster, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, and Mangal Pandey. After him are John Hanning Speke, Oswald Achenbach, Jules Breton, Frederick Abel, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, and Mihály Zichy. Among people deceased in 1890, Jyotirao Phule ranks 23. Before him are Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Louis Le Prince, Gottfried Keller, Lorenz von Stein, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters. After him are Carl Bloch, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, Alexander Georg von Bunge, and Camilo Castelo Branco.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jyotirao Phule ranks 163 out of 1,861. Before him are Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Ravidas (1450), Mangal Pandey (1827), Mahesh Bhatt (1948), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), and Zakir Husain (1897). After him are Madhvacharya (1199), Vikramaditya (-102), Birsa Munda (1875), Mamnoon Hussain (1940), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), and Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Jyotirao Phule ranks 21. Before him are Ramanuja (1017), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Buddhaghosa (401), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), and Ravidas (1450). After him are Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Shantideva (685), Narayana Guru (1855), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), and Thiruvalluvar (350).

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