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CLASS 8 · NCERT HISTORY · CH 7: WOMEN, CASTE AND REFORM (NCERT CLASS 8 — OUR PASTS III)

Women, Caste and Reform ⚖️

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Class 8 History — Our Pasts III — Chapter: Ch 7: Women, Caste and Reform (NCERT Class 8 — Our Pasts III).
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Who founded the Brahmo Sabha and when?
Raja RAM MOHAN ROY (1772-1833) founded the BRAHMO SABHA in Calcutta in 1828; later renamed BRAHMO SAMAJ.
What did Ram Mohan campaign for?
Abolition of SATI (widow burning) — succeeded in 1829 when Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK passed the Sati Regulation Act. Also widow remarriage, women's education, reform of Hinduism (against polytheism, idol worship, caste).
Roy's "Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin" was about what?
"A Gift to Monotheists" (Persian, 1804) — Roy's argument against polytheism; he was deeply influenced by Islamic monotheism, Christianity and Vedanta.
RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY — who + key works?
RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY (1772-1833) — "FATHER OF MODERN INDIA". Bengali Brahmin polymath. KEY ACTIONS: (i) Founded BRAHMO SAMAJ 1828 — reformist Hindu monotheist movement; (ii) Campaigned to ABOLISH SATI (widow burning) — SUCCEEDED with Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK's SATI REGULATION 1829; (iii) ADVOCATED widow remarriage, women's education, English education; (iv) Mastered SANSKRIT, ARABIC, PERSIAN, ENGLISH, GREEK, HEBREW, LATIN, BENGALI, HINDI; (v) PUBLISHED Indian newspapers in Bengali + Persian + English; (vi) Translated UPANISHADS to English. Granted RAJA title by Mughal Emperor Akbar Shah II 1830 + sent to England as ambassador — DIED in BRISTOL 1833 (his tomb is preserved). PIONEERED modern Indian PUBLIC SPHERE.
Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1828)
The Brahmo Samaj was founded in which city?
Calcutta
Sati was abolished in which year?
1829
Who passed the Regulation banning sati in 1829?
Lord William Bentinck (Governor-General)
Ram Mohan Roy died in which European city in 1833?
Bristol, England
Name Ram Mohan Roy's Persian work on monotheism.
Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin
Who succeeded Ram Mohan Roy as leader of the Brahmo Samaj?
Debendranath Tagore
The journal 'Tattvabodhini Patrika' was associated with which reformer?
Debendranath Tagore

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This topic is part of the NCERT Class 8 History syllabus, specifically the textbook Our Pasts III, drawn from the chapter Ch 7: Women, Caste and Reform (NCERT Class 8 — Our Pasts III). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).

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