Social and Religious Movements in India

In the 19th century there was a political anarchy in India. Our culture and civilization was under heavy pressure. On the one hand, there were the Britishers and their followers who were trying to disfigure our cultural heritage whereas on the other hand our social evils were proving a blot on our culture.
The spread of liberal ideas of the west provided further stimulus for the emergence of reform movements. These movements introduced important changes in social and religious life of the people of India.

Socio Religious Reform Movements in India

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Socio Religious Movement in 19th Century pdf

Organisation	Founder	Place	Year
Allahabad Seva Samiti	H.N. Kunzru	Allahabad	1911
Arya Samaj	Swami Dayanand Saraswati	Bombay	1875
Atmiya Sabha	Rammohan Roy	Calcutta	1815
Bombay Indian National Conference	M.G. Ranade	Bombay	1887
Brahmo Samaj	Rammohan Roy	Calcutta	1828
Brahmo Samaj of India	Keshab Chandra Sen	Calcutta	1866
Dar-ul-Ulum	Maulana Hussain Ahmed	Deoband	1866
Deccan Education Society	G.G. Agarkar	Pune	1884
Dharma Sabha	Radhakant Dev	Calcutta	1829
Lahore Deva Samaj	Shivnarayan Agnihotri	Lahore	1887
Lucknow Nadwah-ul-Ulama	Maulana Shibli Numani	Lucknow	1894
Manav Dharma Sabha	Durgaram Mancharam	Surat	1844
Muhammadan Educational Conference	Syed Ahmad Khan	Aligarh	1886
Namdharis	Ram Singh	Punjab	1857
Nirankaris	Dayal Das, Darbara Singh, Rattan Chand etc.	Punjab	1840
Paramhansa Mandli	Dadoba Pandurang	Bombay	1849
Poona Seva Sadan	Mrs Ramabai Ranade and G.K.	Pune	1909
Prarthna Samaj	Atmaram Pandurang	Bombay	1867
Radha Swami Satsang	Tulsi Ram	Agra	1861
Ramkrishna Mission	Swami Vevekanand	Belur	1897
Sadharan Brahmo Samaj	Anand Mohan Bose	Calcutta	1878
Servent Of India Society	Gopal Krishna Gokhale	Bombay	1905
Social Service League	N.M. Joshi	Bombay	1911
Tattvabodhini Sabha	Debendranath Tagore	Calcutta	1839
Theosophical Society	Madam H.P. Blavatsky and Col H.S. Olcott	New York (Usa)	1875

See also

• Indian Classical Languages
• States & their Traditional Dances