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Women, Caste And Reform

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What social ideas did the following people support:

Rammohan Roy

Dayanand Saraswati

Veerasalingam Pantulu

Jyotirao Phule

Pandita Ramabai

Periyar

Mumtaz Ali

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Solution

These people supported the following ideas:

(i) Spread of education among women.

(ii) Widow remarriage.

(iii) Caste equality and justice.

(iv) Abolition of child marriage.

(v) Social equality for untouchables.

(vi)Self respect movement for untouchables

(vii)women's education

(viii)Widow remarriage

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