It was Thorale (senior) Pratapsinh Bhosale who first started a school for women in his palace in Satara, the BJP leader asserted. "From one perspective, Mahatma Phule emulated him. Even Dr ...

He went on to assert that Thorale (senior) Pratapsinh Bhosale had set up a women’s school within his palace in Satara, long before Mahatma Phule’s widely acknowledged initiative.

Udayanraje Bhosale, who is a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, claimed that Pratapsinh Bhosale started a school for women inside his palace in Satara and that Mahatma Phule followed ...