THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS
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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)
E.V. Ramaswami Naicker founded the self-respect Movement. He is also known as Periyar. The objective of the movement was to end Bramhanical domination in society. He felt that it was the prime instrument of exploitation of the lower castes. One of the means he employed was to perform marriage without the help of Brahmins. He was a pioneer of social justice and fought against untouchability. He said Manu's law was inhuman and Puranas as fairy tales. He opposed the imposition of Hindi upon Dravidians. He tore away caste name hoards on hotels, cut off the holy thread of Brahmins, broke the idols, and beatup the deities with a chappal.
Andhra Mahila Sabha was founded by 'Durgabai Deshmukh. She was popularly known as "Iron Lady She organized Salt Satyagraha during the Civil disobedience movement in Madras and was imprisoned.
The Vaikom Satyagraha movement was launched in Travancore (modern Kerala) against the evil practice of untouchability. The Vaikom Satyagraha was a temple entry movement of the Depressed Classes in Travancore. This movement was organized between 1924-1925 by Gandhian leaders T.K. Madhavan, K. Kelappan and K.P Keshava Menon in modern Kerala.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organised the Depressed Classes Association in 1930. It was founded with the aim to mobilise depressed classes and empower them.
The Self-Respect movement was founded by Ramaswamy Naicker in 1925 along with S. Ramanathan. He was a highly influential person in Tamil Nadu. This movement was basically the fight of the backward castes to for self-respect in society.
Nawab Abdul Latif Khan: (1828-1893), a prominent personality of mid-19th century Bengal, the pioneer of Muslim modernization, and the architect of the Muslim Renaissance, was one of those great men who appeared as Saviours of their frustrated, humiliated, and demoralized and disorganized fellow citizens under colonial rule. His chief contribution was in the field of education.
The Wahabi movement in India was a movement for socio-religious reforms in Indo-Islamic society in the 19th century. The originator of this movement was "Syed Ahmed" of Rae Bareli. Its main centre was the city of Patna. It was a Renaissance movement whose main aim was to purify Islam.
Hakim Ajmal Khan was one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia University, became its first chancellor in 1920, and remained in office until his death in 1927.
