Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Phule on X as a pioneer who devoted her life to transforming society through education, equality, justice and compassion.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta posted tributes underscoring her role in women’s education and social reform.
- In Andhra Pradesh, a statue was unveiled at Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalaya in Tirupati and events at Vikrama Simhapuri University in Nellore honored her legacy.
- Activists in Ongole staged a dharna pressing for a caste census, a BC Protection Act and a ₹1,500 monthly payment to women under the Aadabidda Nidhi pledge.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the Rs 143 crore memorial and women’s training centre at Phule’s birthplace in Naigaon.