THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS
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The Aligarh Movement was started by Syed Ahmed Khan, after the failure of the Revolt of 1857. It was launched with the aim of religious reforms among the Muslims.
Rabindranath Tagore was one of the founders of Dartington Hall School in Japan. Gitanjali is a collection of poems written by him. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature for this work. May 7th is his birth anniversary celebrated all over India. Songs written by Rabindranath Tagore are used as the national anthem for India and Bangladesh.
From the early twentieth century, Muslim women Begums of Bhopal played a notable role in promot- ing education among women. She founded a primary school for girls at Aligarh.
