Sheikh is believed to have been a close associate of Savitribai Phule and Jyotiba Phule and had helped them set up India’s first school for girls. In his post, Mandal, however, asserted that the ...

Widely regarded as among the first female Muslim educators in India, Fatima Sheikh was a lesser-known associate of educational reformers Savitribai Phule and Jyotiba Phule, according to scholars.

Several questions have been asked by UPSC on important social reformers. In this regard, Savitribai Phule forms an integral part of the syllabus.) January 3 marks the birthday of the ‘mother of Indian ...

Mandal's remarks came five years after he wrote an opinion piece for digital new portal 'The Print', highlighting how Indian history forgot Fatima Sheikh but remembered Savitribai Phule.

Fatima Sheikh, as described in various writings, was believed to be a close associate of Savitribai Phule. (SOURCED) In a series of tweets, Mandal claimed that Sheikh was a “fictional character ...

In a startling claim, author and activist Dilip Mandal on Thursday claimed that Fatima Sheikh, celebrated as India’s first Muslim school teacher, was a “fabricated character". In a post on X, Mandal ...

“Interest in her vanished in 2022 when I abandoned the story of Fatima Sheikh.” Sheikh is believed to be a close associate of Savitribai Phule and Jyotiba Phule and had helped them set up India’s ...

Tirupati: On the occasion of Savitribai Phule birth anniversary, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, in collaboration with NSS and the Way Foundation, honoured ten women staff members with the ...

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and disgruntled NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday shared a stage in Pune to mark the birth anniversary of legendary educationist and social reformer Savitribai Phule.

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu paid tributes to Savitribai Phule, who fought against the caste system, on the occasion of her 194 th birth anniversary on Friday, January 3. In a post on X ...

On Savitribai Phule’s 194th birth anniversary on Friday (January 3), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on X paid tribute to India’s first woman teacher. “She is a beacon of women’s empowerment and a ...

Savitribai Phule, the first female teacher in India, was born on January 3, 1831, in the village of Naigaon, located in the Satara District of Maharashtra. In addition to her role as a teacher ...