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Socio Religious Reform Movements in India

Socio Religious Reform Movements Young Bengal Movement Founder - Henry Louis Vivian Derozio Year – Late 1820’s Place - Calcutta • Young Bengal Movement was started by Sir Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, teacher of Hindu College. • The supporters of Young Bengal Movement were influenced by the ideals of the French Revolution. • They preached the ideals of liberty, equity and fraternity. • He taught his followers to live and die for truth. • They emphasized on female education and rights of woman. Brahmo Samaj Founder – Raja Ram Mohan Roy Year – 1828 Place - Calcutta • Brahmo Samaj is a religious movement founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828. • The Brahmo Samaj believed in the existence of one God, who is Omni-present and omniscient. • It condemned some of the evil practices of Hinduism like caste system, Sati, Child Marriages etc. • the roots of much of the modern thinking in India can be traced back to Brahmo Samaj. Aligarh Movement Founder - Syed Ahmad Khan Year - 1857 Place - Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) • Aligarh Movement was started by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan to educate the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent after the defeat of the rebels in Indian rebellion of 1857. • It had enormous success and had a profound impact on the future of the subcontinent. In 1875, Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Mohammedan Anglo - Oriental College at Aligarh as a centre for spreading western sciences and culture. • Later this College grew into the Aligarh Muslim University. Radha Soami Movement Founder - Shiv Dayal Singh Year – 1861 Place - Agra • Radha Soami Movement was founded in 1861 by Shiv Dayal Singh, of Agra, a banker by profession. • Shiv Dayal Saheb was also popularly known as Tulsi Ram or Swamiji Maharaj. • The Radha soamis believe in one Supreme Being, the supremacy of the Guru, a “company of the pious people” (Satsang), and simple social life. • They believe that there is no need to renounce the worldly life for spiritual attainments. Prarthana Samaj Founder – Dr. Atmaram Pandurang Year – 1867 Place - Bombay • Prarthana Samaj was founded in 1867 in Mumbai by Dr. Atmaram Pandurang as an off shoot of the Brahma Samaj. • It was later joined by M.G. Ranade and R.G. Bhandarkar. It aimed at removing the evil social customs. • It preached the worship of one God and tried to free religion of caste system and priest domination. Arya Samaj Founder - Swami Dayanand Saraswati Year - 1875 Place - Bombay • Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement in India that was founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875. • Swami Dayanand Saraswati rejected all non-Vedic beliefs. • Arya Samaj condemned idolatry, animal sacrifices, and ancestor worship, and pilgrimages, offerings made in temples, the caste system, untouchability and child marriage. • The primary aim of the Arya Samaj is to do good for all, that is promote physical, spiritual and social wellbeing. Ramakrishna Mission Founder - Swami Vivekananda Year - 1897 Place – West Bengal • Ramakrishna Mission is a humanitarian organisation founded by Sri Rama Krishnan Parama hamsa’s Chief disciple Swami Vivekananda in 1897. • The aims and ideals of the mission are purely spiritual and humanitarian and has no relation with politics. • The Mission conducts extensive work in healthcare, disaster relief, rural management, tribal welfare, elementary and higher education and culture. • The headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission is at Belur Math near Kolkata. Servants of India Society Founder - Gopal Krishna Gokhale Year - 1905 Place - Maharashtra • The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who left the Deccan Education Society to form this association. • Along with him were a small group of educated Indians, as Natesh Appaji Dravid, Gopal Krishna Deodhar and Anant Patwardhan who wanted to promote social and human development and overthrow the British rule in India. • The Society organized many campaigns to promote education, sanitation, health care and fight the social evils of untouchability and discrimination, alcoholism, poverty, oppression of women and domestic abuse. • The publication of The Hitavada, the organ of the Society in English from Nagpur commenced in 1911 Social Service League Founder - Narayan Malhar Joshi Year - 1911 Place - Bombay • Narayan Malhar Joshi, a leading member of the Servants of India Society, founded the Social Service League in 1911. • The objective of the movement was “to collect and study social facts and discuss social problems with a view to forming public opinion on questions of social service” and to secure for the masses a better quality of life and work. • The League opened a number of day and night schools, libraries, dispensaries and started boys’ clubs and scouts corps.