Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar: Cited Vedas to prove that Hindu religion sanctioned widow remarriage; instrumental in getting the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act of 1856; pioneer of women’s education (founded more than 35 schools for women); secretary of the famous Bethune School for Girls E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker: Organized the Self-Respect Movement, demanding the lifting of ban on trial of lower castes into temples Sri Narayan Guru: Kerala; religion, one caste, one God for mankind’ ‘one M. Malabari: A Parsi social reformer; founded the Seva Sadan in 1885, an organization which specialized in taking care of women who were exploited and then discarded by society Sri Narayan Guru: Worked among the untouchable toddy-trapper Ezhavas of Kerala for their uplift; worked significantly to the Temple Entry Movement Raghunath Rao Syed Ahemd Raibarelvi: Founder of Wahabi movement Syed Ahmed Khan Dudu Mian: Key in Faraizi movement, which was an orthodox Muslim movement that aimed to create a paramilitary force to fight Hindu landlords and the police --- Sarojini Naidu Rashbehari RC Dutt- historian (economic critique) Early nationalists: Dadabhai Naoroji: Founded East India League in London Surendranath Banerjee: founded Indian Association of Calcutta in 1876 (most important pre INC political grouping, formed to agitate against pro-landlord policies of the British); in 1883, he became the Indian journalist to be imprisoned for writing an article criticizing a judge of the Calcutta High Court
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar: Cited Vedas to prove that Hindu religion sanctioned widow remarriage; instrumental in getting the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act of 1856; pioneer of women’s education (founded more than 35 schools for women); secretary of the famous Bethune School for Girls E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker: Organized the Self-Respect Movement, demanding the lifting of ban on of lower castes into temples Sri Narayan Guru: Kerala; ‘one religion, one caste, one God for mankind’ M. Malabari: A Parsi social reformer; founded the Seva Sadan in 1885, an organization which specialized in taking care of women who were exploited and then discarded by society Sri Narayan Guru: Worked among the untouchable toddy-trapper Ezhavas of Kerala for their uplift; worked significantly to the Temple Entry Movement Raghunath Rao Syed Ahemd Raibarelvi: Founder of Wahabi movement Syed Ahmed Khan Dudu Mian: Key in Faraizi movement, which was an orthodox Muslim movement that aimed to create a paramilitary force to fight Hindu landlords and the police --- Sarojini Naidu Rashbehari RC Dutt- historian (economic critique) Early nationalists: Dadabhai Naoroji: Founded East India League in London Surendranath Banerjee: founded Indian Association of Calcutta in 1876 (most important pre INC political grouping, formed to agitate against pro-landlord policies of the British); in 1883, he became the Indian journalist to be imprisoned for writing an article criticizing a judge of the Calcutta High Court trial
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