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jyotiba phule news

At Phule anniv event, Cong leaders allege Constitution under threat

Congress leaders at a conference organised by the party on Jyotiba Phule’s birth anniversary in Lucknow on April 11. (Sourced)
Published on Apr 12, 2026 03:02 am IST

Mayawati flays previous SP govt over renaming of UP districts created in her regime

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati (HT file)
Published on Apr 11, 2026 08:50 pm IST

Mayawati slams previous SP govt for changing Jyotiba Phule Nagar district's name

Mayawati highlighted the BSP's contributions to naming districts after notable figures and paid tribute to Phule's legacy in social change and women's empowerment.
Updated on Apr 11, 2026 01:44 pm IST

Quote of the day by Jyotirao Phule: ‘Without education wisdom was lost…’

Jyotiba Phule was born on April 11, 1827.
Published on Apr 11, 2026 11:59 pm IST

Pratik Gandhi-Patralekhaa's Phule receives strong support in early X reviews

Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa in stills from Phule
Published on Apr 25, 2025 06:28 pm IST

Phule movie review: Pratik Gandhi, Patralekhaa film can't rise over dull script

Phule movie review: Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa star in this social drama.
Updated on Apr 25, 2025 01:22 pm IST

Ananth Mahadevan says we're an ‘immature society’ as Phule faces backlash

Ananth Mahadevan spoke about his upcoming film Phule.
Updated on Apr 20, 2025 10:54 am IST

‘Vile scumbag’: Union minister on Anurag Kashyap's Brahmin remark

On April 17, Anurag Kashyap slammed the protests around the film "Phule", a biopic on social reformers Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule, questioning why films depicting caste issues get banned in India.
Updated on Apr 19, 2025 12:09 pm IST

Anurag Kashyap apologises after complaint over his Brahmin remark in Phule row

Anurag Kashyap shared notes after his comment sparked a row.
Updated on Apr 19, 2025 09:19 am IST

India's first girls' school razed to make way for national memorial

India’s first school for girls was started by the Phules at the historic Bhide Wada in Pune on January 1, 1848. (HT PHOTO)
Published on Dec 05, 2023 10:10 am IST

Patralekhaa on challenges while portraying Savitribai Phule: There’s no footage of her to understand her demeanour

Patralekha will be seen playing Savitribai Phule in an upcoming biopic.
Updated on Apr 25, 2023 01:17 pm IST

Jyotiba Phule worked as messiah for farmers and poor: Haryana CM Khattar

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday attended a state-level programme on the birth anniversary of social reformer Jyotiba Phule in Kurukshetra and said that Phule took the initiative to educate women and today people need to imbibe his teachings in their lives. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 07:22 pm IST

After 20 years, biopic on social reformer Phule still to take off

MAHARASHTRA CHIEF MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH GARLANDING THE PORTRAIT OF MAHATMA JYOTIBA PHULE ON LATTER'S DEATH ANNIVERSARY AT A FUNCTION HELD IN MANATRALAYA,IN MUMBAI ON WEDNESDAY.ALSO SEEN WITH PICTURE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HOME KRIPA SHANKAR SINGH .HT PHOTO. HTPHOTO
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:12 am IST

'Even a mother…': BJP's Patil on ink attack over his remark on Ambedkar, Phule

Ink was thrown at Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil over his alleged remark about Dr B R Ambedkar and social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, at Pimpri Chinchwad, in Pune on Saturday.
Published on Dec 11, 2022 07:15 am IST

Teachers’ Day Special: The life of Savitribai Phule, India’s first female educator

Thane, India - January 3, 2019: Savitribai Phule, the women who initiated pioneering the importance of education within females, student of New English School, Thane pays tribute to Savitribai Phule on the occasion of her birth anniversary by celebrating her thoughts and efforts in Thane , India, on Thursday, January 3, 2019. (Photo by Praful Gangurde/ HT Photo)
Updated on Sept 05, 2019 02:55 pm IST

Review: Strike a Blow To Change The World by Eknath Awad

Activists holding portraits of BR Ambedkar during a protest in Kolkata on April 4, 2018.
Updated on Mar 29, 2019 05:06 pm IST

The Bhima-Koregaon issue kept the anti-caste movement busy in 2018

RPI workers protest in Thane after Bhima Koregoan violence in Pune , January 2, 2018
Published on Dec 31, 2018 05:54 pm IST

Amit Shah holds marathon meeting with Yogi Adityanath, Dalit MPs and UP allies

BJP president Amit Shah along with UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, after paying tribute to social reformer Jyotiba Phule at Samtamulak Chowk in Lucknow.
Updated on Apr 12, 2018 07:30 am IST

BJP lawmaker says atrocities against Dalits at a high

BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule offers tributes to Dalit icons Bhimrao Ambedkar and Kansiram during a rally. The BJP MP from Bahraich alleged the Centre had remained a mute spectator to atrocities against Dalits during the ‘Bharat Bandh’ and the Uttar Pradesh dovernment had failed to check the continuing vandalisation of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar’s statues.
Updated on Apr 11, 2018 07:22 pm IST

PM Modi expected to call BJP MLAs in UP ahead of Amit Shah’s Lucknow visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Updated on Apr 11, 2018 01:08 pm IST

BJP, govt to step up efforts to reach out to Dalits

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will observe a day-long fast on April 12, as a mark of protest against what the BJP terms the “Congress’s obstructionist politics” during the second half of the budget session of Parliament.
Updated on Apr 11, 2018 08:19 am IST