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Born on 3rd January 1831 in Maharastra in a middle-class Maratha Family, who would have thought that she would be remembered even after her Death? Today is the 126th Death Anniversary of Savitri Bai Phule, a name that is being read by all of us in our Social science Textbooks but don’t know much about her… Who was she, and what made her different from other women in her times?SavitriBai was a renowned poet, teacher, and social reformer, She worked tirelessly to empower women and the Dalit community. Sadly, she passed away on 10th March 1897 at the young age of 64, while fighting the plague.Here are some of the unknown facts to know about this personality :Savitribai Phule was born on January 3, 1831, in Naigaon village of Maharashtra, and was the eldest daughter of her parents. At the age of 9, she was married to Jyotirao Phule, who was thirteen years old at the time and one of the most famous social reformers of Maharashtra.Savitribai is known as the country’s first revolutiona