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The social reformer who studied in the school set up by the Christian missionaries was ________.

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Shri Narayana Guru
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Jyotirao Phule
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E V Ramaswamy Naicker
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Dr. B. R .Ambedkar
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The correct option is B Jyotirao Phule

Jyotirao Phule was the social reformer who studied in the school set up by the Christian missionaries.

Jyotirao Phule developed his own ideas about the injustices of caste society. He did not accept the Brahmans’ claim that they were superior to others, since they were Aryans. Phule argued that the Aryans were foreigners, who came from outside the subcontinent, and defeated and subjugated the native Indians. As the Aryans established their supremacy, they began looking at the Indians as inferior and low caste people. According to Phule, the "upper" castes had no right to their land and power: in reality, the land belonged to indigenous people, the so-called low castes.


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