Brahmo Samaj

Brahmo Samaj

 The Brahmo Samaj religion is social instruction.

 It is established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy on 20 August 1828 in Calcutta present Kolkata West Bengal.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy is the father of Indian social reform movement.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy is the great intellectual belongs to West Bengal.

He fight against Sathi which means firing of women (wife) lively when with her husband funeral or death.

Widow re marriages, Child marriages, Women education fight against blind faith in Hindu religions.

He is qualified lot of degree from Cambridge in London and left he studies he studied Vedas and Puranas, Christian bibles and Quran of Muslims.

Hence, he thought to change Hindu community by working with Brahmo Samaj

Brahmo Samaj is a social organisation to change the society to make to equality between the people.

Brahmo Samaj is Attitudes and AIMS:

Objectives of Brahmo Samaj

Opposing in the ideal worship.

Opposing in the all the blind faiths.

Sati opposing elimination of Sati. Encouraged widow remarriage.

Social work Social Reformer moments.

Women education creating awareness on society and Individual.

To change in the society socio, Economical, Educational cultural and religious etc.

Achievements of Brahma Samaj

Raja Ram Mohan Roy to Brahmo achieve a lot of in social reform movements by taking social action to make social changes by legislation in 1882, British general governor “William Bentinck” pass this roll against Sati it is implemented in 1883, Women education center’s started women empowered activities are gained.

 Eshwar Chandra Vidya Sagar (1820 - 1867)

 E. C. V. S was a great social reformer and event socialist.He was very poor to educate himself.

Worked as a teacher and lead a Principal Government Sanskrit college in West Bengal.

He established many School to promote the education. He worked in women and her development.

Objectives and achievements:

He supported widow marriages he fight against polygamy on children marriage.

A first widow remarriage celebrated on December 7^th 1865 in Calcutta West Bengal.

Himself married a widow and also did marriage to his son a widow. He succeeded in getting widow marriage act 1856. He worked for poor for his lifetime.

 Keshav Chandra Sen 1838 -1884

 He is Brahma Samaji belongs to West Bengal. He joined in November 11^th  1866 at age of 28 in to Brahmo Samaj. He was great Brahmo Samaj worker and a social reformer.

 Achievements and Attitudes:

He stresses the Spiritual efficiency.He started Indian Reform association for the social and moral information of India.He worked for female improvement and education to all worked on illiterate and development charity to temperance  (abstinence from alcoholic drink) attitude to build in the society.

 Govinda Ranade prathana Samaj (1842 - 1903)

Mahadev Govind Ranade was born in Maharashtra in 1842. He worked as professor as a English, history, subjects in Mumbai and also worked as a judge in Bombay High Court in 1871. In 1884 he established a Mumbai Education Society. He is a political Guru, and he called as philosopher, Historian, Spiritual father. He started modification in cash system and worked for women development , fought for equality to all.

 MK Gandhi Sarvodaya Movement in (1869 - 1948)

He was inspire teacher and fought against rationalism, Imperialism, Communism, especially untouchability status of women, worked for Cooperative movement, self movement (1930 to 1931), Quit India Movement and worked for Indian Independence movement.

 Swami Vivekananda (1863  - 1902)

Swami Vivekananda belongs to Bengal. The world known him as a "Gigantic" mind who employed on his will power and energy to brain about regeneration of India. He is a sociologist, philosopher, religious Guru. He established R.K. Mission in the 1896. He worked for against child marriage and caste system.

 Dr BR Ambedkar - Dalit movement (1891- 1956)

Ambedkar was born in Maharashtra. He belongs to "SC Mahar"  community, he is a great political leader social reformer, professor, economist. He stressed for equality who opposed the blind faith in religions Hindus, and his entire life devoted to untouchable for their development and for their rights etc. He established "All India depressed classes Federation". He had written Indian constituency stressed the social, economic, education cultural development of untouchables depressed classes to become equal with main stream in 1920 he started "Self respect movement".

 Jyoti Rao Phule (1827 - 1890)

Mahatma Jyoti Rao phule belongs to Maharashtra he worked on depressed classes (BC) to work on untouchability against Brahmanism, women education, widow education. He established "Satya Sodaka Samaj" in 1873, Deenabandhu Sarvojana Sabha in 1884. In 1854 Phule established 1st school for SC community.Started a home for widows and their children. He also written Sarvangini Sath  drama by the Gulamgiri.

 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

 A lot of reformed by Muslim religion Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 1876. Ahmed Khan established in Oriental College later the college become as Alighar Muslim University in Delhi. Mr. Khan giving on modern vocational training will empower the Muslim India opposed the purpose systems, Dowry and bigamy social.