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Indian National Congress (INC) Allan Octavian Hume – Founder of Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress Leaders from different parts of India attended a meeting which was held in December 1884 in Theosophical Society in Adayar presided over by Allan Octavian Hume, a retired English ICS officer. It was attended by Dadabhai Naoroji, K.T. […]

Early Political Associations The British Indian Association – 1851 Bengal The Bombay Association – 1852 Dadabhai Naoroji East India Association – 1866 London Madras Native Association – 1852 Poona Sarvojanik Sabha – 1870 – Mahadev Ranade. The Madras Mahajana Sabha – 1884 Madras Native Association – 1852 It was started by Gazulu Lakshminarasu, Srinivasanar and

The rise of nationalism in India is a complex and fascinating story, spanning over a century and encompassing diverse factors, ideologies, and personalities. Causes for Rise of Nationalism Political Unity For the first time, most of the regions in India were united politically and administratively under a single power (the British rule). It introduced a uniform

The Non-Brahmin Movements in India The Namasudra movement in the Bengal and eastern India. The Adidharma movement in North Western India. The Satyashodhak movement in Western India. The Dravidian movements in South India. Jyotiba Phule – Maharashtra 1827 The earliest leader of the non-Brahman movement. Jyotiba and his wife Savitribai Phule devoted their lives for

Arya Samaj, 1875 – Punjab Founder: Swami Dayanand Saraswati Original name – Mul Shankar.  Guru: Swami Virjanand. Dayanda Saraswathi found out that the Vedas contained all the truth and he devoted his life to the propagation of Vedas. In his view, contemporary Hinduism had become degenerate. In 1875 he founded the Arya Samaj and published

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and Aligarh Movement (1875) The man who gave life and soul to modernisation of Muslims in India was Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan (1817-1898). This was the first and the most important movement for the spread of modern education and social reforms among Muslims. He exhorted the Muslims to accept Western science

Parsi Reform Movement Furdunji Naoroji, S.S.Bengali founded the Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha (Parsis’ Reform Society) in Mumbai in 1851.  Newspaper: Rast Goftar (The Truth Teller). The leaders of the Sabha criticized elaborate ceremonies at betrothals, marriages and funerals. They opposed both infant marriage and the use of astrology. Behrramji Malabari organized a campaign for legislation against

The Theosophical Society – USA, 1875 Founders: Lady Madame Blavatsky (Russian) and Colonel Henry.S.Olcott (USA) started the organisation to preach about God and Wisdom (Theos means God and Sophos means wisdom). The main principles of the Theosophical Society were to develop the feeling of fraternity, to study ancient religions, philosophy and science, to find out

Social and Religious Reforms In the 19th century India witnessed a strong wave of reformation activities in religion and society. These socio-religious reform movements were called as the Indian Renaissance movements. The reform movements of nineteenth century in the realm of religion fall under two broad categories:  Reformist movements  Brahmo Samaj Prarthana Samaj  Aligarh Movement