THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS
Total Questions: 43
Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1897. Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828 and Arya Samaj was founded by Dayanand Saraswati in 1875.
Swami Vivekananda mentioned the supremacy of Vedantic philosophy at the Chicago (United States) World Conference of Religions in the year 1893.
In the year 1929, due to the efforts of Ajmer resident and famous judge Dr. Harvilas Sharda, a child marriage prohibition law was enacted. It was called the Sharda Act (Sharda Act) after his name. Under this Act, the minimum age of marriage for girls was fixed at 14 years and for boys at 18 years.
The Age of Consent Act was introduced and enacted in 1891. The act prohibited the marriage of girls below the age of 12 years.
Ishwar Chandra Vidhyasagar advocated towards se- curing female education, widow remarriage, and ab- olition of polygamy in Bengal. He also influenced the passing of the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act in 1856. He also promoted female education and founded sev- eral girls' schools in the districts of Nadia, Midnapur, Hugli, and Burdwan in Bengal
Pandita Ramabai founded 'Sharda Sadan' (House of Learning) in Bombay in 1889. It was a school for Indian Widows in India. Pandita Ramabai Saraswati was a social reformer who worked for the emancipation of women. She was a pioneer in education and was the first woman to be conferred the title of Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar.
In 1873, "Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotiba Phule. He led a powerful non-Brahmin movement. Through his book 'Gulamgiri' and his organization 'Satyashodhak Samaj, he gave a call for the need to protect the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmins and their opportunistic religious texts.
Sir William Jones founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal on January 15, 1784. The Asiatic Society of Bengal is located in Kolkata. It was founded to encourage Europeans to study Orientals (the word meant Asia)
