Krushnaji Bhalekar founded the newspaper 'Deenbandhu' in 1877 in Pune. This newspaper became the main voice of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule's Satyashodhak Samaj and is considered a pioneering publication in non-Brahmin journalism in Maharashtra. 'Deenbandhu' actively defended Phule's social reform ideas and criticized his opponents, including Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, who attacked Phule and the Satyashodhak Samaj in his journal 'Nibandhmala'.
Who defended Chiplunkar's attack on Mahatma Jyotirao Phule through his newspaper, considered as the beginning of non Brahmin journalism ?
Asked in MPSC CS Prelims 2023 · Topic: Social Religious Movement (Anti-Caste Movements: Jyotiba Phule, Satya Shodhak Samaj, Sree Narayana Guru)
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