Thread by @BharadwajSpeaks

Savitribai was indeed a British Missionary. Nobody's declaration is needed.

She was trained by missionaries & her school was organized & funded by Missionaries.

This question was asked in KBC 13.

How does a Noball Prize fact checker miss basic facts?

opoyi.com/india/kbc-13-w…

Here is Savitribai Phule in her own words. In this letter, she proudly boasts that her husband was honored by the British Government for doing the work of Jesus

Savitribai Phule praised British rule and prayed for permanence of British rule. She wrote many poems praising Christian religion and Jesus Christ. She never hid her Christian affiliation and never made a secret of her missionary work

This is kind of propaganda devoid of truth

There were women before & after Savitribai much more educated and intelligent than her.

Savitribai herself was uneducated by modern standards and could not even speak English.

Yes, she taught Bible in Marathi.

It is not that Savitribai made any contribution in the field of sciences. Teaching Bible did not increase collective Indian IQ.

It is not that Savitribai Phule school's suddenly increased the number of women enrolling in education.

She did not create any considerable impact

"For the sake of Mother England,speak English. I believe she will uplift Shudras.

"For sake of Mother England, Reject Mughals. Reject Peshwas, All these are foolish regimes

The (queen) Mother England gives us true knowledge. She gives love & life to Shudras"

- Savitribai Phule

At the time when Savitribai Phule was glorifying the British for uplifting lower classes, the British Colonisers were sexual exploiting lower class women.

In every British military cantonment, many Indian women were forcibly confined. They were not allowed to leave the premises.

These women, mostly from underprivileged classes/castes, were forcibly confined in British cantonments. They were not allowed to leave the premises. They were allowed to consort with British soldiers only. They were registered to cantonments.

British India in 1850s

When people like Savitribai Phule were singing praises of British, Indian women were forced to undergo "physical examination" in cantonments. This was described as "surgical rαpe"

Any Indian woman who tried to escape from the British military cantonment was severely punished

I see many such 82 IQ takes in my replies.

Savitribai was not someone who just got educated in a missionary school like you did. Far from it.

Savitribai was trained in American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.This wasn't a school. It was a missionary training center

The foundational aim of this missionary center was not providing education.

The foundational aim of this missionary center was 'overthrowing Hinduism and planting Christianity'.

Savitribai Phule was trained by missionaries just to fulfill this ultimate goal.

h/t (@sacredrain)

@sacredrain "For the sake of Queen Mother England, come together and get this done.

For the sake of Mother England, break religion (which has worship) of animals, embrace the religion of Humans"

-Savitribai Phule

@sacredrain God is mentioned. And their family God is Jesus Christ.

Of course, This family was more useful to the missionaries as a cryptos than as an official converts. Hence no official conversion or name change.

I wish to clarify that I've no intention of dismantling or bringing down social figures who are now revered by certain sections of society.

I vehemently dispute their argument that female education was brought into India by British Missionaries/ Savitribai only in 19th century.

I firmly maintain there were many educated Indian female scholars & teachers before the birth of Savitribai. I acknowledge they opened a school(with the help of missionaries) which taught Basic Social studies of that time (along with religion). However, this was nothing special

There were many traditional Hindu Pathashalas which (although not aligned to western curriculum of that time) trained their pupil (sometimes female) in Maths & Sciences. My contention is that this fact has been left unacknowledged amidst their propaganda.
With that I END for now

Again, this is typical modus operandi of the missionaries.

At the beginning of their public/political career when they were hardly known, Phule couple did not posit themselves as overtly Anti-Hindu in Public. Kavyaphule was published early on in 1854.

In 1854, Savitribai wrote a poem to Shiva. Jyoti Phule had no objection.

But as their influence grew, they began to express their Anti-Hindu stand in public. It reached heights when Satyashodhak Samaj was established in 1873.

Phule wrote poems/plays abusing Shiva, Vishnu, Durga

He referred to Goddess Durga as Yavani . He reserved his choicest abuses for God Vishnu calling him बंब्या (illiterate), घातकी (one who deceives), लबाड (Liar) & कृतघ्न (ungrateful).

He referred to Lord Narasimha as "unintelligent like a wh*re".

h/t @peshwaspeaks

And Phule urged for downright Christian conversion in his plays.

Here is his play Trutiya Ratna. A poor farmer exploited by a cunning Brahmin converts to Christianity and becomes enlightened.

Then he decides to break the idol of Hanuman and substitutes it with cross.