INDIAN HISTORY - RAJA RAM MOHAN RAY:
Brahma
Sabha was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828. Later Brahma
Sabha changed into Brahma Samaj.
RajaRam Mohan Roy was regarded as father
of Indian renaissance. He started
Atmiya Sabha in 1814. He died at Bristol in england
in 1833. debendranath Tagore stated the
Tatvabodhini Sabha in 1839 to propogate the ideas of RajaramMohan Roy. After the death of RajaRamMohanroy Brahma
Samaj was divided into two. One is
BrahmaSamaj of India headed by Keshab Chandra Sen. Another
one is Adi brahmasamaj headed by Debendranath. Prarthana Samaj was founded in 1867 in Bombay. Atmaram Pandurang played a key role in its
establishment. M.G Ranade and
G.G.Agarkar were closely associated with this society. Arya Samaj was founded by Swami dayananda
Saraswathi(Mulashankar) in 1875 in Bombay. Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda alias Narendra dutta in
1897. Its headquarter was Belur. Swami vivekananda attended the Parliament of
Religions held at Chicago
in 1893. He published two papers
Prabhudha bharat in English, and Udbodhana in Bengali. Theosophical society was founded by Madame
H.P.Blavatsky and col.H.P.Olcott in United States in 1815. Its headquarter in India is at Adayar. Theosphical Movement became very popular with
the arrival of Annie Besant to India
in 1893. She laid foundation of central
Hindu college, varanasi
in 1898. Aligarh Movement led by Sir
Sayyid Ahmad Khan. Deoband Movement
founded by Maulana Hussain Ahmed.
Ahmadiya Movement founded by Mirza ghulam Ahmed. Rehnumai Mazayan sabha was jointly founded
by Furdonji Dadabhai Naoroji and
S.S.Bengali. Ishwar Chandra VidyaSagar
fought in favour of Widow remarriage.
Widow Remarriage Act was passed in 1856.
The first remarriage took place in Culcutta on 7 th Dec. 1856. JyotibaPhule fought against upper caste
domination. Gopalakrishna Gokhale is the
founder of the Servents of Indian Society in 1905 in Bombay.
N.M. Joshi is the founder of service league in 1911 at Bombey. In December 1829 during the reign of William
Bentic Sati was abolished. The Native
Marriages Act, 1872 prohibited the marriage of girls below the age of 14. The Sharada Act, 1930 provides penal action
in marriage of boys under 18 and girls under 14 years of age. Charter Act,1833 abolished slavery in India.