17. Women and Reforms
(A) Answer the
following questions:
1. Due to whose efforts the Sad System was declared
illegal?
2. In which year the permission for widow remarriage
was granted?
3. When and who established Aligarh Muslim University?
4. When and where who founded the Namdhari movement?
5. Where Singh Sabha established educational
institutions for the women education?
6. Write down in brief the contribution of Raja Rain
Mohan Roy emancipation of Women.
7. Write down in brief the contribution made by Ishwar
Chander Vidyasagar to reform the condition of women.
8. Write down in brief the efforts made by Sir Sayyid
Ahmad Khan for the improvement of the condition of women.
9. Explain the contribution by Swami Dayanand to improve
the condition of women for the
(B) Fill in the
blanks:
1. The women in Hindu society had not right to------ property.
2. After the sati of his brother's wife a new turn
came in the life of--------.
3. Due to the efforts of Keshav Chander Sen in 1872 AD
banned-----------.
4. ------condemned divorce system.
5. -------joined Theosophical Society in 1886 AD in
England.
(c) Match the
Words:
1. Swami Vivekanand 1. Namdhari Movement
2. Sri Satguru Ram Singh Ji 2. Rama Krishan Mission
3. Singh Sabha 3. Aligarh Muslim
University
4. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan 4. Manji Sahib (Amritsar)
