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    The document discusses several social reform movements in India: 1. The Brahma Samaj movement started by Raja Ram Mohan Roy which aimed to remove social superstitions, inequality and illiteracy, and improve women's status by stopping practices like sati. 2. The Arya Samaj movement founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875 which sought to develop a missionary form of Hinduism based on universal Vedic teachings. 3. The Ramakrishna Mission founded by Ramakrishna Paramahansa's disciple Swami Vivekananda in 1897 to pursue spiritual and humanitarian goals through principles of karma yoga. It also briefly outlines other movements

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    The document discusses several social reform movements in India: 1. The Brahma Samaj movement started by Raja Ram Mohan Roy which aimed to remove social superstitions, inequality and illiteracy, and improve women's status by stopping practices like sati. 2. The Arya Samaj movement founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875 which sought to develop a missionary form of Hinduism based on universal Vedic teachings. 3. The Ramakrishna Mission founded by Ramakrishna Paramahansa's disciple Swami Vivekananda in 1897 to pursue spiritual and humanitarian goals through principles of karma yoga. It also briefly outlines other movements

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    Contribution of Social Reform Movements in India

    1.Brahma Samaj
    This movement was started by Raja Ram Mohan Roy who founded two organisations: Atmya Sabha (1815) and Brahma Sabha (1828) which
    became the source of this movement.
    contt.
    Raja Ram Mohan Roy struggled hard :
    • To remove Social and religious superstitions,
    social inequality and illiteracy
    • It was tried to improve the position of women
    • Raja Ram Mohan Roy made efforts to stop Sati
    Pratha. Sati was the inhuman practice of self-
    immolation of widows on the pyre of their
    dead husbands. Often unwilling women were
    dragged by fanatics and killed by burning.
    2. Arya Samaj

    Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement in India


    that founded by Swami Dayananda in1875 at
    Bombay. He was a Sanyasin (Renouncer) Who
    believed in the authority of vedas. Dayanand
    stated that he wanted ‘to make the whole world
    Aryan, i.e. he wanted to develop missionary
    Hinduism based on the universality of the Vedas.
    Swami Dayananda
    3. Ramakrishna Mission

    It is an Indian religious organization which forms


    the core of a wide spiritual known as the
    Ramakrishna Movement or Vedanta Movement.
    The mission is named after and inspired by the
    Indian saint Ramakrishna Paramahansa and
    founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Swami
    Vivekananda on 1 May 1897. The aims and ideals
    of Mission are purely spiritual and humanitarian
    and has no connection with Politics. The mission
    bases its work on the principles of Karma Yoga .
    Ramakrishna Paramahansa
    Quiz
    1. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa gave knowledge
    of the power of God from his experience to
    whom?
     Disciple Parmanand
     Disciple Saraswati
     Disciple Vivekananda
     Disciple Parshuram
    Quiz
    2. Which is the founder of the Hindu
    religion?
    •  Sri Ramakrishna 
    • Raja Rammohan Roy 
    • Vivekananda 
    • Dayanand
    6. Chipko Movement
    The Chipko Movement is an example of the
    ecological movement, in the Himalayan foothill.
    The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan, was a
    forest conservation movement in India. It began in
    1970s in Uttarakhand, then a part of Uttar Pradesh
    (at the foothills of Himalayas) and went on to
    become a rallying point for many future
    environmental movements all over the world.
    Chipko Movement
    7. Dalit Movement

    The Dalit Buddhist movement is a religious as well


    as a socio-political movement among Dalits in
    India which was started by B. R. Ambedkar. It
    radically re-interpreted Buddhism and created a
    new school of Buddhism called Navayana. The
    movement has sought to be a socially and
    politically engaged form of Buddhism. The word
    ‘Dalit’ is commonly used in Marathi, Hindi, Gujrati
    and many other Indian language, meaning the
    poor and oppressed persons.
    Quiz
    1.  Who is the Chairman of National
    Commission for Scheduled Tribes at
    present?
    • (a) Rameshwar Oraav
    • (b) Girija Vyas
    • (c) Nand Kumar Sai
    • (d) Neeraja Kumar
    8. Backward Class Caste Movement

    The term Backward Classes, has been in use in


    different parts of the country since the late 19th
    century. It began to be used more widely in Madras
    Presidency since 1872, in the Princely state of
    Mysore since 1918, and in Bombay Presidency
    since 1925. From the 1920s, a number of
    organization united around the issue of caste
    sprang up in different parts of the country. In
    1954, 88 organizations were counted working for
    the backward classes.
    9. Tribal Movements

    Different tribal groups spread across the country


    may share common issues. But the distinctions
    between them are equally significant. Many of the
    tribal movements have been largely located in the
    so called ‘tribal belt’ in middle India, such, as the
    Santhals, Hos, Oraons Mundas in Chotta Nagpur
    and Santhal Parganas. The region constitutes the
    main part of what has come to be called
    Jharkhand.
    Quiz
    1. How many tribes are there in India?
    a) 645
    b) 565
    c) 345
    d) None of these
    2. Which state has the largest population of
    Santhals?
    a) Jharkhand
    b) Arunachal Pradesh
    c) Rajsathan.
    d) None of these

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