Socio-religious reform and caste movements
Arya Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission and the Theosophical Society
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Dayananda Saraswati, Arya Samaj 1875 Bombay then Lahore, Satyarth Prakash, back to the Vedas, shuddhi
- Arya Samaj split 1893: D.A.V. College Lahore 1886 wing and Gurukul Kangri 1902 wing
- Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Vivekananda at Chicago 1893, Ramakrishna Mission 1897 and Belur Math
- Blavatsky and Olcott found the Society in New York 1875, Adyar headquarters 1882, Madanapalle and Central Hindu College 1898
- Annie Besant: Theosophy in India, Home Rule League 1916, Congress President Calcutta 1917, New India newspaper
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 9 A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 6 Socio-Religious Reforms and the National Awakening, pp. 82-90
- ch. 13 The Home Rule Movement and Its Fallout, pp. 159-169
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 7: Women, Caste and Reform
- ch. 7 Women, Caste and Reform, Changing the lives of widows (Fig. 4 caption), pp. 4-5 (printed 81-82)
- ch. 7 Women, Caste and Reform, The Ramakrishna Mission and Swami Vivekananda (box), p. 13 (printed 90)
Themes in Indian History Part III, Class XII, Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 1. A Leader Announces Himself, p. 3 (printed 288)