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

Describes Jyotiba Phule as a leader who organised movements for lower castes and promoted education among lower caste people.

A student could check whether Phule used print media (e.g., founded journals) as part of his outreach to lower castes and whether any such publications match the name/date of Vital‑Vidhvansak.

Notes Phule specifically mobilised lower castes and sought truth through study, implying he engaged in public advocacy that might include publishing.

Use this pattern (reformers who mobilised lower castes often published) to search bibliographies or catalogues of Phule's writings for periodical titles.

Shows a clear example (Ambedkar) of a leader launching a journal aimed at untouchables (Mook Nayak), establishing the practice of targeted journals.

Compare publication dates and founders of known 'untouchable‑aimed' journals (e.g., Mook Nayak) to see whether Vital‑Vidhvansak predates or postdates them and whether Phule could have been the publisher.

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and others started periodicals addressing untouchability, showing that social reformers used journals to attack caste.

Use the pattern that multiple reformers published journals to search periodical records from the relevant region and period for Vital‑Vidhvansak and its publisher.

Explains that from the second half of the 19th century many powerful newspapers/journals appeared and were used by reformers to reach masses.

A student could situate Phule’s active years (noted elsewhere in snippets) within this print‑culture expansion to judge plausibility and then check catalogues/archives for the journal's existence and imprint.

States that B.R. Ambedkar launched news journals and that Mook Nayak was a journal to articulate untouchable views — showing that untouchable-focused journals were started by Ambedkar.

A student could compare the founding date of Mook Nayak with the claimed date of Vital-Vidhvansak to assess which preceded the other and whether Gandhi or Ambedkar was the publisher.

Notes Gandhi's public engagement with untouchability (calling them 'harijan') and his insistence that swaraj required elimination of untouchability — indicating Gandhi worked on these issues but does not state he published an untouchable-targeted journal.

Use Gandhi's known activism timeline to check whether he was publishing periodicals directed at untouchables and when, to evaluate the claim.

Gives Gandhi's return to India in 1915 and his South African years as formative — provides a timeline anchor for when Gandhi could have been publishing in India.

Compare Gandhi's period of activity after 1915 with the publication date of Vital-Vidhvansak to see if timing makes the claim plausible.

Gives an example of social reformers (Agarkar) starting periodicals that addressed untouchability, showing a broader pattern of reformers using journals to address caste issues.

Apply this pattern to ask whether Gandhi (also a reformer) followed the same route and to search for documentary evidence of any journal he published specifically for untouchables.

Describes a general pattern of nationalists and reformers publishing newspapers/journals abroad and at home to advance causes — contextualizing how claims about who published a particular journal can be evaluated by publication networks.

Use this general pattern to trace publishers/editors of Vital-Vidhvansak in print-history records or contemporaneous press lists to see if Gandhi's name appears.

States Ambedkar launched news journals and names Mook Nayak as a journal he used to articulate his views, showing he did publish periodicals aimed at 'excluded' communities.

A student could use this pattern (Ambedkar as a publisher of journals for untouchables) and check whether Vital-Vidhvansak appears in bibliographies of Ambedkar's periodicals or in timelines of his publications.

Notes Ambedkar wrote powerfully on caste and that local protest movements created popular journals criticising caste, indicating a broader milieu where activists published targeted journals.

Use this general rule (caste activists produced journals) plus a list of Ambedkar's known periodicals to see if Vital-Vidhvansak fits that pattern or is attributed to other leaders/regions.

Summarises Ambedkar's leadership in anti-caste movement and organisational activity (founded parties and organisations), implying he had the motive and institutional base to publish journals for untouchables.

Cross-reference Ambedkar's organisational activities and known publications to assess whether Vital-Vidhvansak was one of his official organs.

Gives an example (Agarkar) of reformers starting periodicals that spoke against untouchability, illustrating the common practice of social reformers using print to target caste issues.

Apply this example-driven rule (reformers often started journals) to search bibliographies of reformist journals from Maharashtra to locate Vital-Vidhvansak and its publisher.

Explains that nationalists and reformers abroad and at home used newspapers/journals to promote causes, supporting the idea that a specialized monthly for untouchables would be a typical medium.

Combine this general pattern (use of specialized journals) with regional publication records (e.g., Maharashtra press lists) to check attribution of Vital-Vidhvansak to Ambedkar.