सत्यशोधक समाज | |
Formation | 24 September 1873 |
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Founder | Jyotirao Phule Savitribai Phule |
Founded at | Poona, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Pune, Maharashtra, India) |
Dissolved | 1930s |
Legal status | Defunct |
Purpose | Advocating the rights of women, peasants, and Dalits |
Women's Wing President | Savitribai Phule |
Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-seekers' Society) was a social reform society founded by Jyotiba Phule in Pune, Maharashtra, on 24 September 1873. The society endeavoured to mitigate the distress and sufferings of Dalits and women. It espoused a mission of education and increased social rights and political access for underprivileged groups, focused especially on women, peasants, and Dalits, in Maharashtra.[1][2] Jyotirao's wife Savitribai was the head of women's section of the society. The Samaj disbanded during the 1930s as leaders left to join the Indian National Congress party.[3]