Which social reformer and anti-caste activist founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873 in Maharashtra, advocating for the rights of women and non-Brahmin communities decades before Ambedkar?

• A Narayana Guru
• B Periyar E.V. Ramasamy
• C Jyotirao Phule ✓
• D B.R. Ambedkar

Jyotirao Phule (1827-1890) and his wife Savitribai Phule pioneered girls' education and anti-caste activism in Maharashtra, founding the Satyashodhak Samaj to seek truth and social justice.