- Jyotiba Phule was a staunch advocate for the rights and welfare of women and lower castes. - He actively challenged oppressive social customs and engaged various community groups in his reform efforts. - His appeal to barbers was a specific tactic to address the practice of tonsuring widows, a sign of their degraded status.
In 1889, who called a meeting of barbers in Bombay and discouraged them from tonsuring women ?
Asked in MPSC CS Prelims 2020 · Topic: Social Religious Movement (Anti-Caste Movements: Jyotiba Phule, Satya Shodhak Samaj, Sree Narayana Guru)
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