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GS History Modern India
Q.

Consider the following social reform movements and their founders:

List-I

List-II

1. Nirankari Movement

Baba Dayal Das

2. Theosophical Society

Mrs. Annie Besant

3. Namdhari movement

Baba Ram Singh

4. Self-Respect Movement

Periyar E.V Ramaswami

Which of the above pair(s) is/are correctly matched?

Explanation:

Option (2) is incorrect.

  • The Theosophical Society was founded by Madame Blavatsky and Col. Olcott in New York in 1875. They arrived in India in January 1879, and established the headquarters of the Society at Adyar near Madras. In 1888, Mrs. Annie Besant joined the Society in England. Her membership proved an asset of greatest value to the Society.

Knowledge Base.

  • The Nirankari Movement: This movement, initially an offshoot of Sikhism, was founded in the 1840s by Baba Dayal Das (1783-1885), who emphasized the worship of God as nirankar (formless God). His approach meant a rejection of idols, rituals associated with idolatry and the Brahman priests who conducted these rituals.
  • The Namdhari Movement: It was the first movement to reform the Sikhism started by Baba Ram Singh Namdhari after anglo Sikh wars. He was a soldier in Khalsa army.
  • Self-Respect Movement: Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy was started the Self-Respect Movement. It was to uplift the Dravidians and to expose the Brahminical tyrany and deceptive methods by which they controlled all spheres of Hindu life.

Thus, Option C is Correct.

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