Friday, 20 January 2012

PARSI AND SIKH REFORM MOVEMENTS

PARSI REFORM MOVEMENTS -

1 .REHNUMAI MAZDAYAN SABHA -

It was jointly founded by FURDONJI DADABHAI NAOROJI and S.S.BENGALEE. They advocated for the modernisation of parsi social customs with special emphasis on women's education.

2 . B.M.MALABARI -

He started a crusade against the child marriage and with his efforts THE AGE OF CONSENT ACT ( 1891 ) was promulgated ,which forbade the marriage of girl below the age of 12.

3 . K.R.CAMA -

He also played an important role in the reformation of parsi social system.

SIKH REFORM MOVEMENT 

AKALI MOVEMENT - It started in 1920 s to purify the corrupt practices prevailing in Gurudwaras. SHOROMANI GURUDWARA PRABANDHAK COMMITTEE founded in 1925 for this purpose.

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