Socio-religious reform and caste movements
Arya Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission and the Theosophical Society
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Dayananda Saraswati, Arya Samaj 1875 Bombay then Lahore, Satyarth Prakash, back to the Vedas, shuddhi
- Arya Samaj split 1893: D.A.V. College Lahore 1886 wing and Gurukul Kangri 1902 wing
- Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Vivekananda at Chicago 1893, Ramakrishna Mission 1897 and Belur Math
- Blavatsky and Olcott found the Society in New York 1875, Adyar headquarters 1882, Madanapalle and Central Hindu College 1898
- Annie Besant: Theosophy in India, Home Rule League 1916, Congress President Calcutta 1917, New India newspaper