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'''Tanubai Birje''' (1876-1913) was a social activist and a member of [[Satyashodhak Samaj]]—''Truth Seekers' Society''—founded by Mahatma [[Jotirao Phule]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Savitribai: The woman who started girls' school |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/savitribai-the-woman-who-started-girls-school-791165.html |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> She edited the magazine ''[[Deenbandhu]]'' from 1908 through 1912. She was the first Indian woman to edit a news magazine.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Tanubai was born in 1876. Her father Deorao Krushnarao Thosar was a government employee and a colleague of Mahatma Jotirao Phule. She had her primary education in a school established by [[Savitribai Phule]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Savitribai: The woman who started girls' school 171 years ago |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/savitribai-the-woman-who-started-girls-school-171-years-ago/articleshow/73089486.cms?from=mdr |access-date=12 November 2021 |work=Economic Times |agency=PTI |date=2020-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701041017/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/savitribai-the-woman-who-started-girls-school-171-years-ago/articleshow/73089486.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=2021-07-01 |location=Pune}}</ref> She was married to Vasudeorao Lingoji Birje on 26 January 1893. The marriage was solemnized by ''Satyashodhak'' method, i.e. without a Brahmin priest.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-06 |title=Tanubai Birje: Marathis woman editor of a century ago |url=https://www.loksatta.com/lokrang/lekha/tanubai-birje-woman-editor-in-marathi-1211612/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Loksatta |language=mr}}</ref><br />
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''[[Deenbandhu]]'' was a news magazine established in 1877 by [[Krishnarao Bhalekar]] to popularize ''Satyashodhak Samaj'''s ideology. Tanubai's husband Vasudeorao edited the magazine from 1903 till his death in 1908. After his death, Tanubai assumed the editorial responsibilities herself.<br />
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She died in 1913.<br />
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*{{cite book |last1=Ugale |first1=G. A. |title=दीनबंधु आणि तानुबाई बिर्जे |publisher=Swaroop Prakashan |url=https://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/details/4630495537423369864 |language=Marathi}}<br />
*{{cite web |title=तानुबाई बिर्जे : शतकापूर्वीची मराठी स्त्री-संपादक |url=https://www.loksatta.com/lokrang/lekha/tanubai-birje-woman-editor-in-marathi-1211612/ |publisher=[[Loksatta]] |access-date=17 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017160252/https://www.loksatta.com/lokrang/lekha/tanubai-birje-woman-editor-in-marathi-1211612/ |archive-date=2021-10-17 |language=Marathi |date=2016-03-06}}<br />
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