{"id":160019,"date":"2022-01-09T14:39:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=160019"},"modified":"2022-01-10T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T10:04:03","slug":"answeredtrace-the-rise-and-growth-of-socio-religious-reform-movements-with-special-reference-to-young-bengal-and-brahmo-samaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answeredtrace-the-rise-and-growth-of-socio-religious-reform-movements-with-special-reference-to-young-bengal-and-brahmo-samaj\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered]Trace the rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements with special reference to Young Bengal and Brahmo Samaj."},"content":{"rendered":"

Socio-religious reform movements arose in India\u202f<\/span>during 19<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b>\u202fcentury<\/span><\/b>\u202fnot only\u202ffacilitated by<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/b>but also as a\u202f<\/span>reaction\u202fto\u202fcolonial\u202frule,\u202f<\/span><\/b>after the establishment of British political supremacy in India.<\/span>\u202fYoung Bengal and Brahmo\u00a0Samaj<\/span><\/b>\u202frepresent two\u202fimportant<\/span>\u202fpoints<\/span><\/b>\u202fof these reformist movements.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements in India can be traced in following points:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. People from elite class\u202f<\/span><\/b>who were\u202f<\/span>educated through modern English education<\/span><\/b>\u202fprovided the backbone of religious reform movements. For example,\u202f<\/span>Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of Brahmo\u00a0Samaj.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Radical intellectual movement<\/span><\/b>\u202finspired by the\u202f<\/span>French<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>revolution<\/span><\/b>\u202femerged under\u202f<\/span>Derozio<\/span><\/b>\u202fas\u202f<\/span>Young Bengal movement<\/span><\/b>. It\u202fchallenged\u202f<\/span>orthodox<\/span>\u202frestrictions on diet and social interactions<\/span><\/b>\u202fand promoted free thinking, rationality, questioning the authority and ideals of liberty, equality and freedom.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Work of Missionaries\u202f<\/span><\/b>was crucial in\u202f<\/span>spreading alternate system of education<\/span><\/b>, which would soon become mainstream.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Orientalism\u202f<\/span><\/b>was pursued to understand local culture, but it\u202f<\/span>soon drew antagonism and disgust<\/span><\/b>\u202ffor native traditions in face of<\/span>\u202fsuperiority of the colonial class and its culture.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Hegemony of ideas\u202f<\/span><\/b>like monotheism and cultural\u202f<\/span>backwardness of Indian society<\/span><\/b>\u202fpaved way for<\/span>\u202fprescription of new norms<\/span><\/b>\u202fin public culture about\u202f<\/span>rituals, conditions of women<\/span><\/b>\u202fetc.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Colonial support\u202f<\/span><\/b>for individual reformists,<\/span>\u202fcommon class-interests\u202f<\/span><\/b>between the prospering Zamindars and the British, creation of a\u202f<\/span>public sphere of debate<\/span><\/b>\u202fthrough influence of\u202f<\/span>Derozio\u2019s\u202fYoung Bengal<\/span><\/b>\u202fcompleted the rise of socio-religious reform movements of 19<\/span>th<\/span>\u202fcentury.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Socio-religious reforms\u00a0were\u00a0a\u202f<\/span>reaction against colonial judgement and native backwardness<\/span><\/b>. The movement arose and declined, but with\u202f<\/span>lasting impact on society and the public sphere\u202f<\/span><\/b>of ideas.\u202f<\/span>(270\u202fwords)<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Socio-religious reform movements arose in India\u202fduring 19th\u202fcentury\u202fnot only\u202ffacilitated by\u202fbut also as a\u202freaction\u202fto\u202fcolonial\u202frule,\u202fafter the establishment of British political supremacy in India.\u202fYoung Bengal and Brahmo\u00a0Samaj\u202frepresent two\u202fimportant\u202fpoints\u202fof these reformist movements.\u202f\u00a0 The rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements in India can be traced in following points:\u202f\u00a0 People from elite class\u202fwho were\u202feducated through modern English education\u202fprovided the backbone of… Continue reading [Answered]Trace the rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements with special reference to Young Bengal and Brahmo Samaj.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10606],"class_list":["post-160019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-mains-2021-gs-1-solutions","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":178,"cached_at":1698387295,"cached_date":1698480049},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}