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Jotiba Phule used the sobriquet ‘Kulwadi Bhushan’ (The King of Peasants and Workers) for Chhatrapati Shivaji. He has also written a powada on Shivaji, which portrays the Maratha hero as a respecter of all religions. And, that, by far, is the real Shivaji

Just as imaginary tales were woven to prove that Kabir and Raidas were Brahmins, Dr Hiralal Shukla used a myth to show that Guru Ghasidas had descended from a Brahmin family, writes Kanwal Bharti

Bahujans are setting a new precedent in a country used to worshipping the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The birth anniversary of India’s first woman teacher Krantisurya Savitribai Phule is now celebrated as Sarvashiksha Diwas