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Indian Social Movement’s important personalities: Raja Ram Mohan Roy etc


Social Movements of India have been incredibly important in our modern history, as they have shaped the ideologies of many people and provided a medium to express their beliefs. Here, we have compiled a list of renowned figures associated with social movements that are essential to know from an examination standpoint. Knowing about these influential people can help you gain more knowledge. Useful for exams like UPSC, UPPSC, Other State exams and One Day Exams.

Social Movement Personalities

NameImportant Points
Raja Ram Mohan RoyKnown as ‘Father of modern India’

Also known as ‘Father of Indian journalism’

Books
‘Gift to Monotheist’ in Persian in 1809
‘Precept of Jesus’ in 1820


Instituions
Atmiya Sabha’ in 1814
Support to David heir to establish Hindu college(Calcutta)-1817
Run a English School in Calcutta on his own expenses-1817
‘Vedanta College’ in 1825
Brahmo Sabha(later known as Brahmo Samaj )in  August,1828


Movement against ‘Sati Pratha’

*Tarachand Chakrawarti(first minister of Brahma Samaj)o
Ishwar Chand VidyasagarBorn in 1820, Principal of Sanskrit College in 1851

Wrote alphabet of ‘Bengali’

Against Child marriage and opposed it in 1850

Supporter of widow remarriage, after his efforts government passed Hindu widow re-marriage act, 1855(1st legal Hindu widow remarriage-7 December, 1856, Calcutta)

Established ‘35 Girls School’

Secretary of ‘Bethune School’

Lifetime movement against ‘Polygamy’
Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Dev)Born in 1862 in Kolkata

Guru – Ramakrishna Paramhans

Proposed philosophy of ‘Neo-Hinduism’

Established ‘Ramakrishna Mission’ in 1897

Criticized ‘separation theory’ of Hindu Dharma

Refer ‘don’t touch me’ ideology as mistake

Support to ‘Idol worshipping’ unlike ‘Arya Samaj’

Participated in ‘Global Religion Summit in Chicago (U.S.A.)’ in 1893(Harmony within all religion)
Dayanand Saraswati (Mulshankar)Born in Gujarat, 1824

Established ‘Arya Samaj’ in 1875 in Bombay(later move the HQ to Lahore)

Wrote ‘Satyarth Prakash’

Gave the slogan of ‘Return to Veda’

Against the ‘Idol worshipping’

His guru was ‘Swami Virjanand’(Mathura)

Criticized ‘Purana’ of Hindu Dharma

Believed in monotheism

Raise voice for Intercaste marriage, widow remarriage and woman equality

Opened ’ Dayanand Anglo Vedic(DAV) School’(1st in Lahore,1866)

‘Suddhi Movement’ to reconvert the person who forcefully converted to other religion from Hindu

*Trick- Sarswati-Satyarth Parkash,Swami Virjanand,Suddhi Movement(All ‘S’)
Henry Louis Vivian DerozioBorn as Anglo Indian in 1809

He  taught in Hindu college form 1826-1831

He thought was more modern than the Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s

His movement is known as ‘Young Bengal Movement’

He was deeply motivated from the French Revolution

He founded –
Academic Association
Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge
Anglo Indian Hindu Association
Bang-hit Sabha
Debating Club

He was forced to resign from Hindu College in 1831 for the ideologically dispute with extremist Hindus

He died in 1831 at the age of 22

*all association he founded Trick(Vivian Bangdaas))
Sir Sayyid Ahmad KhanBorn in 1817 in Delhi

He was a Civil Servant

Became member of ’Imperial legislative Council’ in 1878

Got ‘Knighthood’ title in 1888

He appealed to explain ‘learning of Quran’ according to western scientific approach

Established ‘Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College’ in 1875, Aligarh

He was against the Polygamy in Muslim

Spread his thought in ‘Tehjib-ul-akhlak’
Madam H.P. Blavatsky
Colonel H.S. Alcott
Theosophical Movement started by these two philosophers

They Established Theosophical Society in America in 1875

Later in 1882 they moved their HQ to Addyar near Madras

Believed in rebirth and Karma theory of Hindu dharma

In 1907, Annie Besant elected as the president of this society

Annie Besant came to India in 1893

Annie Besant established the foundation of Central Hindu School (later BHU in 1915) in Banaras

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