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2. What is the meaning of social
reformers?
A disputant who advocates
reform.crusader,meliorist,reformer,reformist.
controversialist, disputant, eristic - a person who disputes;
who is good at or enjoys controversy.
3. NO.1
Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, tops
every list of social reformers in India, with his
tremendous contribution to the freedom of the
country from the British as well as social evils like
caste system, inequality and social discrimination. He
used non violence as the means for fulfillment of all
his social goals and wanted the country to become
economically self-reliant with education, women right
and social justice to the forefront.
4. NO.
2
Kisan Baburao Hazare popularly known as Anna
Hazare
is an Indian social activist who led movements to
promote rural development, increase government
transparency, and investigate and punish corruption in
public life. In addition to organising and encouraging
grassroots movements, Hazare frequently conducted
hunger strikes to further his causes—a tactic
reminiscent, to many, of the work of Mohandas K.
Gandhi.
5. NO.
3
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay or Bankim Chandra
Chatterjee(27 June 1838–8 April 1894)was
a Bengali writer, poet and journalist.He was the composer
of India's national song Vande Mataram, originally
in Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother
goddess and inspiring the activists during the Indian
Independence Movement. Chattopadhyay wrote thirteen
novels and several 'serious, serio-comic, satirical, scientific
and critical treaties' in Bengali. His works were widely
translated into other regional languages of India as well as
in English.
6. NO.
4
Mother Teresa, known in the Catholic Church as
Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian
Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in
Skopje, then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire.
7. NO.
5
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6
December 1956), popularly known as Baba Saheb,
was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social
reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist
Movement and campaigned against social
discrimination against Untouchables (Dalits), while
also supporting the rights of women and labour.He
was Independent India's first law minister, the
principal architect of the Constitution of India and
a founding father of the Republic of India.
8. NO.
6
Annie Besant was an Irish woman, who dedicated her
life to serve India and work for upliftment of women in
the country. She was a prominent educationist, leader,
social worker and theosophist, who went on to become the
first president o Indian National Congress.
9. NO.7
Swami Vivekananda is one of the most well known social
reformers of India, who aimed to bring changes in the
Indian society in the 19th century, by encouraging spiritual
awakening in them. He was the founder of the Ramakrishna
Mission and laid stress on the fact that man is the master
of his own destiny.
10. NO.
8
Swami Dayananda Saraswati, the founder of the reform
movement called Arya Samaj. He gave the slogan of “Back
to Vedas” and opposed social evils prevalent in the current
society, such as idol worship, animal sacrifices and useless
ritual of the Hindu religion.
11. NO.
9
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a notable social reformer
of the 18th century, who played an instrumental role
in abolishment of evils such as child marriage,
untouchability and sati pratha. He was the founder
of Brahmo Samaj and Atmiya Sabha, the
organizations which aimed to do away with
orthodox practices in Hinduism.
12. NO.10
Medha Patkar (born on 1 December 1954) is
an Indian social activist working on various crucial
political and economical issues raised
by Adivasis, Dalits,Farmers, labourers and Women
facing injustice in India. She is an alumnus of TISS,
a premier institute of India.