Rajarshi shahu maharaj biography of abraham

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While others-built empires, he built institutions of justice. “The Dalits have found their leader.” That young man was Dr B.R. Ambedkar.

This moment was more than a meeting. Shahu IV also initiated Shahu Chhatrapati Weaving and Spinning Mill in the year 1906 to provide further employment opportunities. The king gave an order to remove the pouches and pour all the food in one place.

Several hostels were built in the princely state which facilitated in providing education to the rural, low caste and indigent population. The full official name and style of Shahu IV was Colonel His Highness Kshatriya Kulawatasana Sinhasanadhishwar, Shrimant Rajarshi Sir Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj Sahib Bahadur, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO.

Primary education to all regardless of caste and creed was one of his most significant priorities. He also undertook several steps to propagate and spread education; he subsidized education in Kolhapur and made education free which would be provided to all. He introduced a law banning the Devadsi Pratha, the practice of offering girls to God, which essentially led to exploitation of the girls in the hands of the Clergy.

He discontinued the hereditary transfer of titles and tenures of revenue collectors (Kulkarni), a caste infamous for exploiting the masses, especially enslavement of the Mahars, a lower caste.

The Chhatrapati also worked towards betterment of the conditions of women in his empire. He appointed a young Maratha scholar in the post and bestowed him the title of `Kshatra Jagadguru' (the world teacher of the Kshatriyas).

He started Patil schools so that village heads could be good administrators. The Shahu Chhatrapati Spinning and Weaving Mill, dedicated market places, establishment of co-operative societies for farmers were introduced by the Chhatrapati to alleviate his subjects from middle men in trading.

As historian Rosalind O’Hanlon notes, “Shahu’s reign represents an early experiment in state-sponsored social justice—unique in the Indian princely states of his time.”

Even today, his legacy breathes through the policies of reservation, in the rising educational levels among backward communities, and in the growing demand for dignity and equality across the country.

The king said calmly, “That is why I give each one its fair share. PhD diss., Chhatrapati
Sahuji Maharaj University.