Indian Freedom Movement: Socio-Cultural Organisations

Name of organization	Year	Founder	Purpose
Atmiya Sabha	1814	Raja Ram Mohan Roy	Atmiya Sabha- to propagate the monotheistic ideals of the Vedanta and to campaign against idolatry, caste rigidities, meaningless rituals, and other social ills.
Brahmo Samaj	1828	Raja Ram Mohan Roy	Brahmo Samaj—to purify Hinduism and to preach monotheism— was based on the twin pillars of reason and the Vedas and Upanishads
Tattvabodhini Sabha	1839	Debendranath Tagore	Debendranath Tagore founded AdiBramho samaj in 1866
Brahmo Samaj of India	1866	Keshub Chander sen	Keshub Chander sen was dismissed from the office of acharya in 1865 and found Brahmo Samaj of India.
Sadharan Brahmo Samaj	1878	Ananda Mohan Bose, Shibchandra Deb, and Umesh Chandra Datta	It reiterated the Brahmo doctrines of faith in a Supreme being, one God, the belief that no scripture or man is infallible, belief in the dictates of reason, truth, and morality.
Widow s’ Home Association	1896	D.K Karve M.G. Ranade	Provided education and training to widows so that they could support themselves. Karve himself married a widow and thus led with the example for others to follow.
Prathana Samaj	1867	Atmaram Pandurang	More concerned with social reforms than with religion but was attached to the bhakti cult. 2.a four-point social agenda also: Disapproval of the caste system. Women’s education. Widow remarriage. Increasing the age of marriage for both males and females.
Paramahansa Mandalis	1849	Dagoba Pandurang	At their meetings, food prepared by lower caste people was taken by the members. The Pramhans mandalas also advocated widow remarriage and women’s education
Satyashodhak Samaj	1873	Jyotiba Phule	Phule aimed at the total abolition of the caste system and socio-economic inequalities This movement gave a sense of identity to the depressed communities.
Servants of India Society 1905	1905	Gopal Krishan Gokhale	The aim of the society: to train missionaries for the service of India; to promote, by all constitutional means, the true interests of the Indian people; to prepare a cadre of selfless workers who were to devote their lives to the cause of the country in a religious spirit
Ramakrishna Mission	1897	Swami Vivekananda	Mission: to bridge the gulf between paramartha (service) and vyavahara (behaviour), and between spirituality and day-to-day life He advocated the spirit of liberty, equality, and free-thinking
Arya Samaj	1875	Swami Dayananda Saraswati	Acceptance of the Vedas is the only source of truth. Opposition to idol worship. He opposed the theory of God-incarnation and religious pilgrimages. He believed in the recitation of the mantras of the Vedas and the performance of 'Havan’ and ‘Yajna.' Faith in female education. Opposition to child-marriage and polygamy.
Seva Sadan	1908	Behramji M. Malabari	Worked against child marriage and for widow remarriage among Hindus. It was his efforts that led to the Age of Consent Act regulating the age of consent for females
Dharma Sabha	1830	Radhakant Deb	An orthodox society, it stood for the preservation of the status quo in socio-religious matters, opposing even the abolition of Sati. However, it favoured the promotion of Western education, even for girls.
Theosophical Society	1875	Madame Blavatsky and an American called Colonel Olcott	The society was greatly influenced by the Indian doctrine of karma
All India Harijan Sangh	1932	Mahatma Gandhi	The objective of the Sangh is to eradicate untouchability by root and branch.