*🛡️Balshastri Jambedkar (1812-1846)* ♟️Pioneer of social reform through Journalism in Bombay. ♟️Against Brahminical domination. ♟️Father of Marathi Journalism. ♟️Newspaper: Darpan (1832), Digdarshan (1840). ♟️Founded Bombay Native General Library. ♟️Started the Native Improvement Society. ♟️First professor of Hindi at the Elphinston College. ♟️Director of the Colaba Observatory.