SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN INDIA (19TH AND 20TH CENTURY)

Introduction: These social and religious reform movements arose among all communities of the Indian people. They attacked bigotry, superstition and the hold of the priestly class. They worked for abolition of castes and untouchability, purdahsystem, sati, child marriage, social inequalities and illiteracy. Purpose of study: Purpose of this article is to know the social and religious movements in India. Sources of data: This article study on based of secondary data collected form journal, textbooks, and thesis. Discuss of the paper: This article discuss with various social and religious reform movements in India. Conclusion: Drawn a conclusion is based on a study of the social and religious reform movements in India