Sarvadeshik Hindu Sabha

To counter the challenge from the Muslim League, founded in 1906, the politically conscious Hindus founded the Punjab Hindu Conference in 1909. In 1915, at its annual meeting, this conference renamed itself the Sarvadeshik Hindu Sabha, and in 1921, the ..

Swami Narayan sect

Swami Narayan sect was launched by Swami Sahajanand in Gujarat in beginning of the 19th century. He preached a puritanical ideology both of belief and practice. This sect was a sort of protest against the epicurean and luxurious practices of ..

Bharat Dharma Mahamandala

Bharat Dharma Mahamandala was a prominent Hindu organization founded by Pandit Din Dayalu Sharma in Hardwar in 1887, who also founded the Hindu College, Delhi, on May 15, 1899. Its objective was to bring together all leaders of the orthodox ..

Theosophical Society

The Theosophical Society was founded by Madame Blavatsky and Col. Olcott in New York in 1875. The founders arrived in India in January 1879, and established the headquarters of the Society at Adyar near Madras. In 1888, Mrs. Annie Besant ..

Ramakrishna Mission

The Ramakrishna Mission was established in 1897 by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. The first Math was established at Baranagar. In 1899, another ‘math’ was started at Belur, which became the central ‘math’. It looks after ..

Difference between Brahmo Samaj and Arya Samaj

Raja Rammohan Roy’s Brahmo Samaj and the Arya Samaj led by Swami Dayanand were the two prominent socio-religious movements of India in the 19th century. Both the organisations were against the social and religious evils like Sati, polygamy, child marriage, ..

Veda Samaj

Veda Samaj was established by Keshab Chandra Sen and K. Sridharalu Naidu when the former visited Madras in 1864. K. Sridharalu Naidu later visited Calcutta to study the Brahmo Samaj movement and when he returned, he renamed the Veda Samaj ..

Jyotiba Phule

In early 19th century, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule organized a powerful non-Brahmin movement. He was born in 1828 in a Mali family and his education, personal experience and association with the Christian missionaries made him staunch critic of the prevailing Hindu ..

Prarthana Samaj

Prarthana Samaj was founded by Dr Atmaram Pandurang in 1867 when Keshab Chandra Sen visited Maharashtra. Another leader of Prarthana Samaj was R.G. Bhandarkar. In I870, Justice Mahadev Gobind Ranade joined this society and much of the work of this society was ..

Young Bengal Movement

Young Bengal Movement was launched by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-1831), who had come to Calcutta in 1826 and was appointed in the Hindu College as a teacher of English literature and History. Besides this he edited Hesperus and Calcutta ..