MPSC Rajyaseva 2020 Prelims General Studies Official Paper I

Concept:Mahatma Jyotiba Phule campaigned against the practice of tonsuring widows and led a barbers' movement in the $19$th century.Explanation:In $1889$, he called a meeting of barbers in Bombay and urged them to stop tonsuring women.He led a barbers' strike against this inhuman custom.He also founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in $1873$ to fight caste discrimination.He opened a girls' school in Pune in $1848$ and supported widow remarriage.Other reformers like Maharshi Karve and Vitthal Ramji Shinde worked for social reform, but this $1889$ event is associated with Phule.Answer:C. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule