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Social Reform Movements in 19th Century India

Hi everyone. This post lists the various social reform movements that took place in the 19th century India and the persons associated with them. This post can be immensely helpful for UPSC and SSC. In the beginning of the 19th century, Indian society was plagued with caste system, untouchability, suppression of women etc. The educated Indians started various reform movements to get rid of the evils of the society.

Reform Movement Persons Associated
Brahmo Samaj

Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Debendranath Thakur, Kesahv Chandra Sen

Prarthana Samaj

Mahadev Govinda Ranade, R.K. Bhandarkar

Veda Samaj

C.S.Naidu

Ramkrishna Mission

Swami Vivekanand

Ahmadiya Movement

Mirza Ghulam Ahmed

Arya Samaj

Dayanand Saraswati

Theosophical Society

Annie Besant, Madam Blavatsky

Rajamundry Social Reform Association

Kandukuni Veeresalinga

Satyashodak Samaj

Jytoiba Phule

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