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sati described as a “murder according to every

shastra

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Raja Rammohan Roy

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rationalism is our only preceptor

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Akshay Kumar Dutt

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the infallibility of the Vedas was repudiated

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Brahmo Samaj

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brought medical opinion to support

his views against child marriage

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Akshay Kumar Dutt

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said that all prophets had the same ‘din’

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Syed Ahmed Khan

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the reformist movements like

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Brahmo Samaj,

the Prarthana Samaj, the Aligarh Movement

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revivalist

movements like

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Arya Samaj and the Deoband movement

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The regulation of 1829

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applicable in the first instance to Bengal

Presidency alone, but was extended in slightly modified forms to Madras and Bombay Presidencies in 1830

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ACTs declared infanticide

illegal and equivalent to murder. An

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Bengal regulations of 1795 and 1804

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made

it compulsory for parents to register the birth of all babies

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An Act passed in 1870

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had the issue of widow remarriage high on its agenda and did much to popularise it

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The Brahmo Samaj

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the principal of Sanskrit

College, Calcutta

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Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

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were among the active promoters of girls’ schools in Maharashtra

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Jagannath Shankar Seth and Bhau Daji

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founded the Widow Remarriage Association

in the 1850

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Vishnu Shastri Pandit

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started the Satya Prakash in Gujarati

in 1852 to advocate widow remarriage

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Karsondas Mulji

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became the secretary of the Widow

Remarriage Association.

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D.K. Karve

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right of widows to remarriage was also advocated by

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B.M. Malabari, Narmad (Narmadashankar Labhshankar Dave), Justice
Govind Mahadeo Ranade and K. Natarajan, Veerasalingam Pantulu in Madras

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The Native Marriage

Act (or Civil Marriage Act), 1872

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signified legislative action
in prohibiting child marriage. It had a limited impact as the Act was not applicable to Hindus, Muslims and other recognised faiths

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the enactment of the Age

of Consent Act (1891) which forbade the marriage of girls below the age of 12.

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B.M. Malabari

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further pushed

up the marriage age to 18 and 14 for boys and girls

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The Sarda Act (1930

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raised the age of marriage for girls

from 15 to 18 years and for boys from 18 to 21

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the Child Marriage Restraint

(Amendment) Act, 1978

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was associated with no less than 35 girls’

schools in Bengal and is considered one of the pioneers of women’s education

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Pandit Ishwar

Chandra Vidyasagar

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The Indian Women’s University set up

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by Professor D.K. Karve in 1916

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convened the first meeting of the Bharat Stree

Mahamandal in Allahabad

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Sarla Devi Chaudhurani

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believed that the man working for women’s upliftment lived ‘under the shade of Manu’.

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Sarla Devi Chaudhurani

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founded the Ladies Social Conference
(Bharat Mahila Parishad), under the parent organisation
National Social Conference, in 1904 in Bombay

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Ramabai Ranade

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Pandita Ramabai Saraswati founded the Arya Mahila

Samaj

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Pandita Ramabai Saraswati

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Arya Mahilan Samaj

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resulted in medical education for

women which started in Lady Dufferin College

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established a branch of Arya Mahila Samaj in

Bombay

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Ramabai Ranade

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Played imp role in National Council of Women in India, a national branch of the International Council of Women

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Mehribai Tata

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India’s first lady barrister

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Cornelia Sarabji

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National Council of Women in India, a national branch of the International Council of Women member

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Mehribai Tata, 
Cornelia Sarabji , 
Shaffi Tyabji,
Tarabai Premchand
Maharani Sucharu Devi
of upper-class English wome
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The All India Women’s Conference (AIWC), founded

by

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Margaret Cousins in 1927

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perhaps the first women’s organisation with an egalitarian approach.

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The All India Women’s Conference (AIWC),

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Founding members The All India Women’s Conference (AIWC)

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Maharani Chimnabai Gaekwad, Rani Sahiba
of Sangli, Sarojini Naidu, Kamla Devi Chattopadhyaya and Lady Dorab Tata.

worked towards various legislative reforms

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The rulers of states like took

the initiative in opening all state temples by proclamation

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Travancore, Indore and Devas

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the All India Harijan Sangh.

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Gandhi

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organised

the All India Scheduled Castes Federation,

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Dr. B.R Ambedkar

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Self-Respect Movement led by

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by E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker.

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coined the slogan “one religion, one caste, one God for mankind

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Sri Narayana Guru in Kerala

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no religion, no caste, no God for mankind”

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Sahadaran Ayyapan

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established the Bahishkrit Hitakarini

Sabha in 1924

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Dr Ambedkar

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Educate, Agitate and Organise

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Dr Ambedkar

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wrote Gift to Monotheists (1809)

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Raja Rammohan Roy

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set up the Atmiya Sabha

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Raja Rammohan Roy

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if reason demanded it, even a departure from

the scriptures is justified.

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Raja Rammohan Roy

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his Precepts of Jesus

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Raja Rammohan Roy

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founded the Brahmo Sabha in

August 1828

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Raja Rammohan Roy

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found the Hindu College in 1817

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David Hare

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established a Vedanta college

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Raja Rammohan Roy

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headed Tattvabodhini Sabha (founded in 1839)

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Debendranath Tagore

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founded the Brahmo Samaj of India

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Keshab Chandra Sen

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Adi Brahmo Samaj

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Debendranath Tagore

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Sadharan Brahmo Samaj was started by

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Ananda Mohan Bose, Shibchandra Deb and Umesh Chandra Datta

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opening of Dayal Singh College at

Lahore in 1910.

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Dayal Singh Trust sought to implant

Brahmo ideas

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Prarthana Samaj founder

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Atmaram Pandurang

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A precursor of the Prarthana Samaj was

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the Paramahansa Sabha

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Prarthana Samaj leaders

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R. G. Bhandarkar (1837-

1925) and N.G. Chandavarkar

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Widow Remarriage Movement as well as Widows’

Home Association with

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karve and ranade

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Young Bengal Movement

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Henry Vivian Derozio

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the pioneers of the modern civilisation of Bengal, the conscript fathers of our race whose virtues will
excite veneration and whose failings will be treated with gentlest consideration”.

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Surendranath Banerjea was to describe the

Derozians

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he helped organise thirtyfive

girls’ schools

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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

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He started the newspaper Darpan in 1832

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Balshastri Jambhekar

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In 1840, he started Digdarshan which published

articles on scientific subjects as well as history

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Balshastri Jambhekar

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founded the Bombay Native General Library

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Balshastri Jambhekar

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founded Native Improvement Society of which an

offshoot was the Students Literary and Scientific Library

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Balshastri Jambhekar

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He was the first professor of Hindi at the Elphinston College,= besides being a director of the Colaba Observatory.

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Balshastri Jambhekar

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Paramahansa Mandali founders

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Dadoba Pandurang, Mehtaji Durgaram

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ideology of the society was closely linked to that of the Manav Dharma Sabha

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Paramahansa Mandali

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their meetings, food cooked by lower caste people was taken by the members

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Paramahansa Mandali

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founded the Satyashodhak

Samaj (Truth Seekers’ Society) in 1873

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Phule

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Sarvajanik Satyadharma and Gulamgiri

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Phule

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used the symbol of Rajah Bali as opposed to the brahmins’ symbol of Rama

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Phule

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also opened a home

for widows in 1854

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Phule

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“If religion does not sanction social reform, then change religion.”

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Gopalhari Deshmukh ‘Lokahitawadi’

76
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wrote for a weekly Prabhakar

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Gopalhari Deshmukh ‘Lokahitawadi’

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the post of a judge under British raj

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Gopalhari Deshmukh ‘Lokahitawadi’

78
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started a weekly, Hitechhu

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Gopalhari Deshmukh ‘Lokahitawadi’

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played a leading role in founding the periodicals, Gyan Prakash, Indu Prakash and Lokahitawad

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Gopalhari Deshmukh ‘Lokahitawadi’

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He was a cofounder
of the New English School, the Deccan Education
Society and Fergusson College

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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

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was a principal of

Fergusson Colleg

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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

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first editor of Kesari

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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

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Sudharak

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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

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The Servants of India Society founder

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale and MG Ranade

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the Hitavada founder

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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After Gokhale’s death (1915), he took

over as president.

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Srinivasa Shastri

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Social Service League founder

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NM Joshi

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founded the All India Trade Union Congress (1920

A

NM Joshi

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who was known in childhood

as Gadadhar Chattopadhyay

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Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

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himself laid the foundations of the Ramakrishna

Math

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Paramahamsa

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Ramakrishna Mission founded

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Swami Vivekananda

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As many faiths, so many paths

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Paramahamsa

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Service of man is the

service of God

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Paramahamsa

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His mission was to bridge the gulf between

paramartha (service) and vyavahara (behaviour)

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Swami Vivekananda

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“For our own motherland a junction of the two

great systems, Hinduism and Islam, is the only hope

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Swami Vivekananda

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The service
of jiva (living objects) is the worship of Siva
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Swami Vivekananda

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Arya Sama founder

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Dayananda Saraswati

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Satyarth Prakash (The True Exposition

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Dayananda Saraswati

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He took inspiration from the Vedas and considered

them to be ‘India’s Rock of Ages

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Dayananda Saraswati

100
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He gave the slogan “Back to the

Vedas

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Dayananda Saraswati

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Arya Samaj fixed the minimum marriageable age

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at twenty-five years for boys and sixteen years for girls

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lamented the Hindu race as “the

children of children”

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Dayananda Saraswati

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started the Gurukul at Hardwar in 1902 to impart education in the traditional framework

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Swami Shraddhanand

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Dayananda also met other reformers

of the time

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Keshab Chandra Sen, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar,

Ranade, Deshmukh,

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The work of the Swami Dayanand after his

death was carried forward by

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Lala Hansraj, Pandit Gurudutt,

Lala Lajpat Rai and Swami Shraddhanand,

106
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started the
shuddhi (purification) movement to reconvert to the Hindu
fold the converts to Christianity and Islam

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Arya Samaj

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Seva Sadan founder

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Behramji M. Malabari along with a friend,

Diwan Dayaram Gidumal

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his efforts that led to the Age of Consent Act

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Behramji M. Malabari

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and edited the Indian

Spectator

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Behramji M. Malabari

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Dev Samaj Founded

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in 1887 at Lahore by Shiv Narayan Agnihotri

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It called for an ideal social behaviour

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Dev Samaj

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Its teachings were compiled in a book, Deva Shastra

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Dev Samaj

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Dharma Sabha

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Radhakant Deb

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Bharat Dharma Mahamandala consisted of

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Sanatana Dharma Sabha (1895),
the Dharma Maha Parishad in South India, and Dharma
Mahamandali in Bengal.

115
Q

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya was a prominent figure in this

movement.

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Bharat Dharma Mahamandala

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Radhaswami Movement founder

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Tulsi Ram, a banker from Agra, also known as Shiv Dayal

117
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Sree Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana

(SNDP) Movement

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started by Sree Narayana Guru Swamy (1856-

1928) among the Ezhavas of Keral

118
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The movementment drew the famous poet Kumaran

Asan as a disciple of Narayana Guru.

A

(Aruvippuram movement

119
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the Aruvippuram Kshetra Yogam was formed which was decided to expand into a big organisation is related to

A

Sree Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana

(SNDP) Movement

120
Q

He had started the fight for social
justice through movements like Ezhava Memorial, Malayali
Memorial,

A

Dr Palpu

121
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Devoid of dividing walls of caste or race, or hatred of rival faith, we all live here in brotherhood

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Sree Narayana Guru Swamy

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Justice Movement in Madras Presidency was started by

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C.N. Mudaliar, T.M. Nair and P. Tyagaraja

123
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Self-Respect Movement

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E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker, a

Balija Naidu

124
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by formalising weddings without brahmin priests.

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Self-Respect Movement

125
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took up the issue of temple

entry with the Travancore administration.

A

T.K. Madhavan

126
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editor of Deshabhimani

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T.K. Madhavan

127
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Vaikom Satyagraha led by

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K.P. Kesava Temple Entry Movement

128
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temple entry movement was organised in

Kerala.

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Subramaniyam Tirumambu P. Krishna

Pillai and A.K. Gopalan

129
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the ‘singing sword of Kerala

A

Subramaniyam Tirumambu

130
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Kulinism

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refers to marriage of a kulina girl to a man in the same class as well as marriage to one in a higher class prevalent in Bengal

131
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Indian Social Conference

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M.G. Ranade and Raghunath Ra

132
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social reform cell of

the Indian National Congress,

A

Indian Social Conference

133
Q

launched the ‘Pledge Movement’ to inspire people to take

a pledge against child marriage

A

Indian Social Conference

134
Q

the founder of the Wahabi Movement.

A

Sayyid Ahmed Barelvi

135
Q

organised the Muslim peasants of Bengal against

the landlords, who were mosly Hindu, and the British indigo

A

Mir Nithar Ali, popularly known as Titu Mir,

136
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Fara’idi Movement founder

A

Haji Shariatullah i

137
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Fara’idi Movemen became revolutionary from 1840 onwards under

A

Dudu Mian

138
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Ahmadiyya Movement by

A

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

139
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the Aligarh Movement

A

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

140
Q

believed in the fundamental underlying unity

of religions or ‘practical morality

A

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

141
Q

Tahdhib-ul-Akhlaq (Improvement of Manners

and Morals).

A

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

142
Q

The Deoband Movement

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Mohammad Qasim Nanotavi (1832-80) and Rashid Ahmed Gangohi (1828-1905)

143
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in 1888 issued a fatwa (religious decree) against Syed Ahmed Khan’s organisations

A

The Deoband Movement

144
Q

United Patriotic Association

A

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

145
Q

the new Deoband leader, gave a political and intellectual content to the religious ideas of the school

A

Mahmud-ul-Hasan

146
Q

gave a concrete
shape to Hasan’s ideas of protection of the religious and
political rights of the Muslims

A

The Jamiat-ul-Ulema

147
Q

a supporter of the Deoband school, favoured the inclusion of English language and European sciences in the system of education

A

Shibli Numani,

148
Q

He founded the Nadwatal

Ulama and Darul Uloom in Lucknow in 1894

A

Shibli Numani,

149
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He believed in the idealism of the Congress and cooperation between the Muslims and the Hindus of India to create a state in which both could live amicably

A

Shibli Numani,

150
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The Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha (Religious Reform

Association) leaders

A

Naoroji Furdonji, Dadabhai Naoroji, K.R. Cama and S.S. Bengalee

151
Q

Rast

Goftar (Truth-Teller).

A

The Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha (Religious Reform

Association) leaders

152
Q 
Akali movement (also known as Gurudwara Reform
Movement) was an offshoot of the
A

The Singh Sabha Movement

153
Q

Theosophical Society in

New York City

A

Madame H.P. Blavatsky (1831-

1891) and Colonel M.S. Olcott,

154
Q

laid the foundation of the Central Hindu

College in Benaras in 1898

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