Observe the Birth Anniversary of Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule as Teachers’ Day
Comrades and friends,
January 3 marks the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule, the first pioneer of women’s education in India. Through the dedicated efforts of Savitribai Phule and her husband and fellow educator Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, the first school for girls was opened in Pune on January 1, 1848. In this historic initiative, Savitribai Phule was supported by her camrade in arms Fatima Sheikh.
Despite facing severe persecution and intense opposition from the Brahmanical, Manuvadi social order, Savitribai Phule remained steadfast in her struggle. She devoted her entire life to women’s education, to creating shelter homes for women who were victims of the atrocities of a Brahmanical, patriarchal society, and to resisting the cruel Manusmriti-based violent caste system.
We, comrades associated with the movement for the annihilation of caste, appeal to the people to observe Teachers’ Day not on September 5, the birth anniversary of the Sanatanist S. Radhakrishnan, but on January 3, the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule— the harbinger of renaissance and the vanguard of women’s liberation and women’s education.
At the present juncture, when World ‘s largest and oldest fascist organization RSS- corporate nexus are launching a severe Manuvadi onslaught across the country against women, Dalits, the oppressed, Adivasis, minorities, and the toiling masses, it is all the more necessary to make this assertion.
Bandu Meshram,
Tuhin ,
M. K. Dasan
On behalf of All India Coordination Committee,
Caste Annihilation Movement (CAM)
2 January 2026
