Friday, March 25, 2011

HINDU SOCIO-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS


HINDU SOCIO-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS


Organization
Year
Place
Founder
Remark
1. Brahmo
Samaj
1828
Calcutta
Rammohan
Roy
Aim same as
above
2. Prarthana
Samaj
1867
Bombay
Atmaram
Pandurang
Later joined
M.G. Ranade
and R.G.
Bhandarkar.
3. Arya Samaj
1875
Bombay
Dayanand
Saraswati
Aims – reform
of Hinduism
and
prevention of
the
conversions
4.Theosophical
1875
New York
Blavatsky and
Olcott
Came to India
and
established at
Adyar, near
Madras
5. Deccan
Education
Society
1884
Poona
G.G. Agarkar

6.
Ramakrishna
Mission
1897
Belur
Vivekananda

7. Servants of
India Society
1905
Bombay
G.K. Gokhale


 Hindu Tales from the SanskritPaper Artwork Hindu Gods & Goddesses Stretch BraceletThe Gita: A New Translation of Hindu Sacred ScriptureThe Little Book of Hindu Deities: From the Goddess of Wealth to the Sacred Cow
GROWTH OF INDIAN PRESS

Paper
Founder(s)
Year
Place
1. Bengal Gazette
(first paper from
India)
James Augustus
Hicky
1780
Calcutta
2. Mirat-ul-
Akhbar (first journal in Persian)
Rammohan Roy
1822
Calcutta
3. Rast Goftar (A
Gujarati
fortnightly)
Dadabhai Naoroji
1851
Bombay
4. Madras Mail
(First evening
paper in India)
Not available
1868
Madras
5. Hindu
G.S. Aiyar &
Viraraghavachari
1878
Madras
6. Kesari (Maratha
daily)
Tilak
1881
Bombay
7. Maharatta
(English weekly)
Tilak
1881
Bombay
A Letter to a HinduMetallic Gold Ganesha Hindu God Wall Plaque GaneshHindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of IndiaWorld Hindu Chants (Indian Devotional / Prayer / Religious Music / Chants)

CONGRESS SESSIONS

Year
Venue
President
Remark
1885
Bombay
W.C. Bonnerji
Attended by 72 delegates
1887
Madras
Badrudding
Tyabji
First Muslim President
1888
Allahabad
George Yule
First English President
1907
Surat
Rashbehari Ghosh
Congress split
1917
Calcutta
Mrs. Annie Besant
First Woman Preside
1920
Nagpur
C. Vijaya Raghava
Chariyar
Change in the constitution of the congress
1924
Belgaon
Mahatma Gandhi

1934
Bombay
Rajendra Prasad
Formation of Congress Socialist Party
1937
Faizpur
Jawaharlal Nehru
First session to be
held in a village.


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