⚡ Topic 06 of 6 · Chapter 13 · Quick Revision
Economic Impact & Social Reforms — Quick Revision
Key reformers, acts, dates, complete chapter revision checklist.
📊 Key Social Reform Movements — Quick Reference
| Movement | Founded | Founder | Region | Key Reform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brahmo Samaj | 1828 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy | Bengal | Abolished Sati; widow remarriage; women’s education |
| Arya Samaj | 1875 | Dayananda Saraswati | Punjab/UP | “Back to Vedas”; Shuddhi; DAV schools |
| Ramakrishna Mission | 1897 | Swami Vivekananda | Bengal | Vedanta; service to humanity; Chicago speech (1893) |
| Prarthana Samaj | 1867 | Atmaram Pandurang | Maharashtra | Social reform; widow remarriage |
| Satyashodhak Samaj | 1873 | Jyotiba Phule | Maharashtra | Anti-caste; women’s education; “Gulamgiri” |
| Theosophical Society | 1875 (India 1882) | Blavatsky + Olcott | Madras (Adyar) | Promoted Indian philosophy |
✅ Complete Chapter 13 Revision Checklist
✅ Drain of Wealth: Dadabhai Naoroji; “Poverty and Un-British Rule in India” (1901)
✅ Dadabhai Naoroji: “Grand Old Man of India”; first Indian MP in British Parliament (1892)
✅ Deindustrialisation: British goods destroyed Indian textiles; Dacca muslin declined
✅ Permanent Settlement: 1793; Lord Cornwallis; Bengal; zamindars; fixed revenue
✅ Ryotwari: Thomas Munro; Madras; direct with peasants
✅ Mahalwari: Holt Mackenzie (1822); UP, Punjab; village community
✅ Brahmo Samaj: 1828; Raja Ram Mohan Roy; Calcutta; monotheistic
✅ Sati abolished: 1829; Regulation XVII; Lord William Bentinck
✅ Raja Ram Mohan Roy: “Father of Modern India”; “Father of Indian Renaissance”
✅ Arya Samaj: 1875; Dayananda Saraswati; “Back to the Vedas”; Shuddhi movement
✅ Satyarth Prakash: Dayananda Saraswati; Hindi; foundational text of Arya Samaj
✅ Ramakrishna Mission: 1897; Swami Vivekananda; Chicago speech (September 11, 1893)
✅ Jyotiba Phule: Satyashodhak Samaj (1873); Maharashtra; anti-caste; first school for girls (1848)
✅ Widow Remarriage Act: 1856; Lord Dalhousie; Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
✅ Macaulay’s Minute: 1835; English as medium; “Indian in blood, English in taste”
✅ Wood’s Despatch: 1854; “Magna Carta of Indian Education”; universities established
✅ Universities: 1857; Bombay, Calcutta, Madras
✅ Vernacular Press Act: 1878; Lord Lytton; “Gagging Act”; repealed 1882
✅ Theosophical Society: Madame Blavatsky + Colonel Olcott; Adyar, Madras (1882)
✅ Annie Besant: Theosophical Society president; Home Rule League (1916)
✅ Dadabhai Naoroji: “Grand Old Man of India”; first Indian MP in British Parliament (1892)
✅ Deindustrialisation: British goods destroyed Indian textiles; Dacca muslin declined
✅ Permanent Settlement: 1793; Lord Cornwallis; Bengal; zamindars; fixed revenue
✅ Ryotwari: Thomas Munro; Madras; direct with peasants
✅ Mahalwari: Holt Mackenzie (1822); UP, Punjab; village community
✅ Brahmo Samaj: 1828; Raja Ram Mohan Roy; Calcutta; monotheistic
✅ Sati abolished: 1829; Regulation XVII; Lord William Bentinck
✅ Raja Ram Mohan Roy: “Father of Modern India”; “Father of Indian Renaissance”
✅ Arya Samaj: 1875; Dayananda Saraswati; “Back to the Vedas”; Shuddhi movement
✅ Satyarth Prakash: Dayananda Saraswati; Hindi; foundational text of Arya Samaj
✅ Ramakrishna Mission: 1897; Swami Vivekananda; Chicago speech (September 11, 1893)
✅ Jyotiba Phule: Satyashodhak Samaj (1873); Maharashtra; anti-caste; first school for girls (1848)
✅ Widow Remarriage Act: 1856; Lord Dalhousie; Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
✅ Macaulay’s Minute: 1835; English as medium; “Indian in blood, English in taste”
✅ Wood’s Despatch: 1854; “Magna Carta of Indian Education”; universities established
✅ Universities: 1857; Bombay, Calcutta, Madras
✅ Vernacular Press Act: 1878; Lord Lytton; “Gagging Act”; repealed 1882
✅ Theosophical Society: Madame Blavatsky + Colonel Olcott; Adyar, Madras (1882)
✅ Annie Besant: Theosophical Society president; Home Rule League (1916)