The document discusses several prominent social reformers in India and their contributions. It mentions reformers like Dayanand Saraswati, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Vinoba Bhave, Medha Patkar, Shanta Sinha, Baba Amte, Jyotiba Phule, and Shahu Chhatrapati who fought against social evils like sati, child marriage, and caste discrimination. It provides brief descriptions of each reformer's work, noting how they helped emancipate women, abolish the caste system, and ban practices like sati and infanticide through reforms like the Widow Remarriage Act and increasing the marriageable age
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7. social reformers who have
played a significant role in
making India a more progressive
and forward looking country.
These social reformers have
fought against several social
evils such as sati,child marriage,
casteism.
INTRODUCTION
8. Various social evils existed in our Indian society
Distress position women in Indian society.
Sati system and children marriage.
No education for girls and lower caste.
Caste system in which distress position of lower and
untoutouchable caste.
WHY NEED SOCIAL
REFORMERS
9. Dayanand Saraswati.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Vinoba Bhave
Medha Patkar
Shanta Sinha
Baba Amte
Jyotiba Phule
Shahu chhatrapati
SOME SOCIAL REFORMERS OF
INDIA.
10. He was a sanyasi (ascetic)
from boyhood and a scholar.
He believed in the infallible
authority of the Vedas.
Dayananda advocated the
doctrine of Karma and
Reincarnation. He
emphasized the Vedic ideals
of brahmacharya, including
celibacy and devotion to
God.
DAYANAND
SARASWATI
11. Ram Mohan Roy was an
Indian reformer who was
one of the founders of the
Brahmo Sabha, the
precursor of the Brahmo
Samaj, a social-religious
reform movement in the
Indian subcontinent. He was
given the title of Raja by
Akbar II, the Mughal
emperor.
RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY
12. 1836. He was primarily a religious
reformer. He was a deeply spiritual man
who believed that the basic meaning of all
religious was the same. He said that
meditation and devotion were the paths
to religious salvation. He emphasized the
concept of service to man because for
him, man was the symbol of God. Other
religious reformers of the time such as
Keshab Chandra Sen, Dayandand
Saraswati and others often called on him
for religious discussions and spiritual
guidance.
RAMAKRISHNA PARAMHANSA
13. ‘Vinayak Narahari “Vinoba”
Bhave was an Indian advocate
of nonviolence and human
rights. Often called Acharya,
he is best known for the
Bhoodan Movement. He is
considered a National Teacher
of India and the spiritual
successor of Mahatma Gandhi.
He was an eminent philosopher.
VINOBA BHAVE
14. Medha Patkar is an Indian
social activist working on
various crucial political and
economic issues raised by
tribals, dalits, farmers,
labourers and women facing
injustice in India. She is an
alumnus of TISS, a premier
institute of social science
research in India.
MEDHA PATKAR
15. Shantha Sinha is an Indian
anti-child labour activist. She
is the founder of Mamidipudi
Venkatarangaiya Foundation,
popularly known as MV
Foundation, and is a
professor in the Department
of Political science in
Hyderabad Central
University.
SHANTHA SINHA
16. Amte, popularly known
as Baba Amte, was an
Indian social worker
and social activist
known particularly for
his work for the
rehabilitation and
empowerment of
people suffering from
leprosy.
BABA AMTE
17. was an Indian social
activist, thinker, anti-caste
social reformer and writer
from Maharashtra. His
work extended to many
fields, including eradication
of untouchability and the
caste system and for his
efforts in educating women
and oppressed caste
people.
JYOTIBA PHULE
18. Shahu Bhosale I was the
fifth Chhatrapati of the
Maratha Empire founded
by his grandfather,
Shivaji. Born in the
Bhonsle family, he was
the son of Sambhaji
Maharaj, Shivaji
Maharaj’s eldest son and
successor.
SHAHU CHHATRAPATI
19. Social reformers bring tne revolution in society and
play important role in change the society
Impact of social reformers-
Emancipation of women
Abolished the caste system/Varna system.
Sati and infanticide were banned
Widow remarriage act in 1856 and marriageable age of girls was
raised on 1860.
Education begans for girls.
CONCLUSION