1.        He founded the Stayashodhak Samaj (Truth seekers’ society) in 1873 with the ideals of human well-being, happiness, unity, equality, and easy religious principles and rituals.

2.       The  aims  of  the  Samaj  included  social  service,  spread  of  education  among  low  caste  people  and women

3.       Leaders  who  belonged  to  backward  classes  such  as  Malis, Telis,  Kunbis,  Saris  and  Dhangars  led  the Samaj. He provided a platform for people belonging to the backward classes to contribute to societal reforms

Education to depressed class

1.       He regarded modern education as the most important weapon for liberation of low castes.

2.       He opened the first native library for low caste students in Maharashtra.

3.       He and his wife were the first to open several schools for girls of low castes.

Widow Remarriage

1.       Phule  was  considered  as  the  pioneer  of  the  widow  remarriage  movement  in  Maharashtra, established an  ashram  for young widows  and eventually  became  advocate  of  the  idea  of improving the plight of widows

Against Caste-rigidities

1.       He  led  life-long  movement  against  Brahmanical  religious  authority  as  part  of  his  struggle  against upper caste domination.

2.       He urged the “peasants” and “proletariat” to defy the restrictions imposed upon them.

3.       As a method of dissent to the Brahmins, he used the symbol of Raja Bali as opposed to the Brahmins’ symbol of Rama

Literary contribution

1.       Phule  inspired  the  common  masses  through  his  literary  works  like  Satyadharma,  Gulamgin,  Tritiya Ratna etc.