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Women, Caste and Reform
Describe the role of Muslim women in promotion of girl education.
From the early twentiethcentury, Muslim womenlike the Begums of Bhopal played a notable role in promoting education among women.
They founded a primary school for girls at Aligarh. Another remarkable woman, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta. She was a fearless critic of conservative ideas, arguing that religious leaders of every faith accorded an inferior place to women
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How did the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new laws?
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girls to school?
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so, for what reasons?
In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as “low”?
How did Jyotirao, the reformer, justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?
Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the
American movement to free slaves?
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswami Naicker critical of the national movement ? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
The Brahmo Samaj was founded by
The practice of sati was banned in the year
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