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Jyotiba Phule (1827-1890) was an Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste reformer, and writer from Maharashtra. He dedicated his book "Ghulamgiri," written in Marathi, to the American movement to free slaves, drawing parallels between the plight of lower castes in India and black slaves in America. Inspired by Thomas Paine's "The Rights of Man," Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 to promote social equality. He is believed to be the first to use the term 'Dalit' for the lower castes. Phule also opened schools for girls, educated his wife, started an orphanage, and recommended free and compulsory primary education to the Hunter Commission. His friend, Moro Vitthal Valvekar, was the editor of Subodh Patrika.