religious and social reformers of india
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Religious and Social Reformers of India
Class V
Religious and Social Reformers
● Made people think in a new way● Against Social Problems of those days
○ Sati○ Child marriage○ Caste differences○ Women were not educated
Who?
● Raja Ram Mohan Roy● Dayanand Saraswati● Pandita Ramabai● Sir Syed Ahmed Khan● … Others
A Quick Intro
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Bengal 1772 Fight against Sati, Brahmo Samaj
● Started Schools, Colleges
● Fought for women’s rights
Dayanand Saraswati
Gujarat 1824 Arya Samaj
Pandita Ramabai
Karnataka 1858 Arya Mahila Samaj, Sharda Sadan
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Delhi 1817 Aligarh Muslim University
Raja Ram Mohan Roy● Wanted girls to get educated, not to
get married early● Opened schools to promote modern
learning● Fight against Sati
○ Abolished in 1829● Brahmo Samaj
○ Society which worships Brahmam○ No idol worship, no caste
restrictions
Dayanand Saraswati● Believed in changing the society by
education○ Established schools (DAV:
Dayanand Anglo Vedic)● Arya Samaj
○ Society of nobles○ Started in 1875○ Against: Caste discrimination, idol
worship, child marriage○ Simple prayers
Pandita Ramabai● Poet, Social reformer● Fought for women’s rights● Women were not encouraged to study
○ Her father educated his wife (mother of Ramabai), facing stiff resistance from people
○ She started schools for women● Arya Mahila Samaj (Society of noble
women)● Sharda Sadan (Shelter home for widows)
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
● Established schools giving modern education
● Fought for women’s rights● Founded Aligarh Muslim
University○ A community discouraged from
education in those days
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