Important Social Reforms in India for RBI Grade B

		Purpose of the movement
Atmiya Sabha-Calcutta,1815	Raja Ram Mohan Roy	To Promote Free thinking & also challenged & criticized orthodox religions
Brahmo Samaj-Calcutta,1828	Raja Ram Mohan Roy	Ban on Sati System
Dharma Sabha-Calcutta,1829	Radhakant Dev	Counter the social reform movements led by characters such as Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Henry Derozio
Tattvabodhini Sabha- Calcutta, 1839	Debendranath Tagore	To promote a more rational and humanist form of Hinduism based on the Vedanta , the Upanishads
Manav Dharma Sabha- Surat, 1844	Durgaram Mancharam	The objectives of the Sabha were to expose the false arts present in Christian, Muslim and Hindu religions
Paramhansa Mandli- Bombay, 1849	Dadoba Pandurang	Breaking Caste rules, supporting Women’s education & widow remarriage
Brahmo Samaj of India-Calcutta, 1866	Keshab Chandra Sen	Native Marriage Act, 1872-Age of groom(18) & bride (14)
Satyashodhak Samaj- Pune, 1873	Jyotiba Phule	Social Service & Spread education among women & lower caste people
Arya Samaj- Bombay, 1875	Swami Dayanand Saraswati	Condemned Animal Sacrifices, caste system etc., & endorsed that Vedas are everything. Started Shuddhi Movement to bring back those Hindus who had converted to Islam and Christianity.
Ramakrishna Mission- Belur, 1897	Swami Vivekananda	Main aim & ideals of the mission are only spiritual & humanitarian & has no relation with politics
Aligarh Movement- Aligarh, 1886	Syed Ahmad Khan	Education of Muslims
Theosophical Society-New york, 1875	Madam H.P. Blavatsky and Col H.S. Olcott	Opposed Child Marriage
Prarthna Samaj- Bombay, 1867	Atmaram Pandurang	Abolition of Child marriages, Educational opportunities to the lot of women & widow remarriage
Young Bengal Movement- Calcutta, 1828	Henry Louis Vivian Derozio	Free Thinking & revolt against the Social & religious structure of Hindu Society
Servants Of India Society- Bombay, 1905	Gopal Krishna Gokhale	To promote education, Sanitation, Health care & fight the social evils of untouchability & discrimination
Social Service League-Bombay , 1911	N.M. Joshi	The League conducted training programs for volunteers, whose services were later utilized for relief work among people suffering from famines, epidemics, floods and other disasters, and also for welfare programs among the poor and the needy
Bhoodan movement- Telangana, 1951	Acharya Vinoba Bhave	Donate land to the Harijans
Kuka / Namdhari Movement- Ludhiana, 1857	Guru Ram Singh	Non- Violence & Non- cooperation as the two weapons against British