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Q55 (CDS-I/2011) History & Culture › Modern India (Pre-1857) › Socio-religious reform movements Answer Verified

Which one among the following statements regarding the social and religious reform ideas of Raja Rammohan Roy is not correct?

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Your answer: —  Â·  Correct: D
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Raja Rammohan Roy was a pioneer of the Indian Renaissance who established the Brahmo Samaj in 1828 [1]. His religious philosophy was rooted in universalism, viewing different religions as national embodiments of a single universal theism [2]. After 1815, his Vedantic monism was significantly influenced and strengthened by his interaction with Christian Unitarianism, leading him to collaborate with William Adam and even describe himself as a 'Hindu Unitarian'. Statement 4 is incorrect because Roy's reform efforts were not 'exclusively' focused on the emerging middle class. While his ideas helped the growth of a conscious middle class [4], his primary campaigns—such as the abolition of Sati, advocating for women's inheritance rights, and opposing caste rigidities—targeted deep-seated social evils affecting the broader Indian society across various strata [3].

Sources

  1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 9: A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements > Socio-Cultural Reform Movements and their Leaders > p. 206
  2. [2] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 19: Towards Modernity > Brahmo Samaj (1828) > p. 299
  3. [4] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 9: A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements > Socio-Cultural Reform Movements and their Leaders > p. 207
  4. [3] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 8: Socio-Religious Reform Movements: General Features > The Intellectual Criteria > p. 192
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