UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2020

The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published by

  1. Gopal Baba Walangkar
  2. Jyotiba Phule
  3. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
  4. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Answer

Correct Answer

Gopal Baba Walangkar

Explanation

Gopal Baba Walangkar started the monthly Vital-Vidhvansak (Destroyer of Brahmanical Pollution) in 1888, the first journal aimed at the untouchable community.

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