Q. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect regarding Women’s Organisations during British Rule?
1. All India Women’s Conference (AIWC) is considered the first major Indian women’s organisation set up by women.
1. Pandita Ramabai Saraswati founded the Arya Mahila Samaj.
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Explanation: Women’s Organisations
In 1910, Sarla Devi Chaudhurani convened the first meeting of the Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad. Considered as the first major Indian women’s organisation set up by a woman, its objectives included the promotion of education for women, abolition of the
purdah system and improvement in the socio-economic and political status of women all over India.
Ramabai Ranade founded the Ladies Social Conference (Bharat Mahila Parishad), under the parent organisation National Social Conference, in 1904 in Bombay.
Pandita Ramabai Saraswati founded the Arya Mahila Samaj to serve the cause of women. She pleaded for improvement in the educational syllabus of Indian women before the English Education Commission which was referred to Queen Victoria.
The All India Women’s Conference (AIWC), founded by Margaret Cousins in 1927, was perhaps the first women’s organisation with an egalitarian approach. Its first conference was held at Ferguson College, Pune. Important founding members included Maharani Chimnabai Gaekwad, Rani Sahiba of Sangli, Sarojini Naidu, Kamla Devi Chattopadhyaya and Lady Dorab Tata.
Source: NCERT
