Women,Cast And Reforms Flashcards
(97 cards)
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Caste
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Divison of society on the basis of occupation
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Varna system
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Brahmins-Head
Kshatriyas -Chest
Vaishyas-Abdomen
Shudras- Feet
Dalits -outcastes
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Sati literal meaning
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Virtuous Women
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What did people believe about educated women ?
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She would become a widow
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Sati painted by which European artist ?
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Balthazar Solvyn in 1813
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Sati was seen as an evidence of what ?
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Barbarism of the east
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Brahmans and kshatriyas considered themselves as
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Upper castes
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Vaishyas were referred as
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Traders and moneylenders
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Shudras were referred as
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Peasants , artisans such as weavers and potters
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Which were far cheaper printings or manuscripts?
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Printings
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Raja rammohun roy
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1772-1833
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Which association did roy find ?
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Brahmo sabha later knows by brahmo samaj in Calcutta
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Roy was well versed in which languages
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Sanskrit, Persian several other Indian and European languages
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Roy was particularly moved by what
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Widow problems
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Roy began campaign against
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Sati
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When was sati banned ?
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1829
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Roy’s picture was painted by
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Rembrandt Peale 1833
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Which festival was barbaric in the early 19th century?
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Hook Swinging festival
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By the second half of 19th century widow remarriage was supported by ?
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Telegu speaking parts of Madras presidency
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Around 2nd half of 19th century where did young intellectuals work for widow remarriage?
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Bombay
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In North, who supported widow remarriage?
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Swami Dayanand Saraswati
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When was arya samaj found and what was ita main purpose ?
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1875 to reform Hinduism
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Who set up schools for girls and where ?
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Vidyasagar in Calcutta and many other reformers in Bombay
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In which century were schools opened ?
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Mid-19th century
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Throughout 19th century where were educated women taught ?
Home by liberal husanbds and fathers
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Who was secretly studying in candle light ?
Rashsundari debi
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In latter parts of the century where were schools established for girls?
Arya samaj in Punjab and jyotirao phule in Maharashtra
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Talking about aristocratic muslim households in northern India
Women learnt koran in Arabic
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Who argued for womens education by interpreting the holy verses of holy quran
Mumtaz ali
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First urdu novels began to be written from which century and what did they promote?
Late 19th century encouraged women to read about religion and domestic management
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Who played a notable role in promoting education to women in the early 20th?
Muslim women like begums of bhopal
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Begums of bhopal founded what at aligarh
Primary school for girls
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Who started school for Muslim girls in patna and Calcutta
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
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Which institution and when provided the same education to girls as boys ?
The Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya in 1875
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Who was a fearless women Crtic ?
B. R. S hossain
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When did women enter universities ?
1880's
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Who published the book Stripurushtulna(A comparison between men and women)?
Tarabai Shinde women educated at home at poona
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Which women was the great scholar of Sanskrit ?
Pandita ramabai
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What did she feel like and what book did she write ?
Hinduism was oppressive towards women and wrote a book about miserable lives of upper-caste hindu women
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Where did ramabai find widows home ?
Poona
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When were women actively working for reform ?
End of 19th century
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What did womens do from early 20th century?
Formed political pressure groups to push through laws for female suffrage and better health and education
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When did they join nationalist and socialist movement ?
1920s
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What were the leaders that supported equality and what did they ask women to do ?
In the 20th century, jawaharlal nehru and subhas chandra bose. Till independence to concentrate on the anti British struggles
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Who fought to make prevention of child marriage ?
Indian legislators in the central legislative assembly
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When was Child marriage restrain act passed and what were limits ?
1929 women :16 Men :18
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How many ppersent of the girls in India are married below 18?
20%
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What did roy translate?
Old Buddhist text critical of caste
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What did prarthana samaj adhere to ?
Traditon of bhakti belive in spiritual equality of all castes
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What did prarthana samaj adhere to ?
Traditon of bhakti belive in spiritual equality of all castes
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When and where was paramhans mandali found and what did it work for ?
Bombay, 1840 worked for abolition of caste
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Many members of reform associations were ?
Upper caste people
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Where did people go to work in plantations ?
Assam , Mauritius , Trinidad and Indonesia
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The father of br ambedkar was the leader of what and where did he teach ?
Dalit movement and taught at an army school
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Which collie ship carried many indian labourers to Mauitius ?
John Allen
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Who were the important untouchable caste of andhras Pradesh (shoemakers)?
Madigas
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In Bombay presidency till when were untouchables not allowed to enter schools ?
1829
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Who carried mangoes to market ?
Dublas of gujrat
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When did non bhahman stand up against cast discrimination
Second half of 19
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Which group of leatherworks started which movement and where ?
The satnami movement in central India by ghasidas
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In eastern bangal who worked amaing chandala cultivators?
Haridas Thakurs matua sect
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Haridas questioned what ?
Brahmanical texts that supported caste system
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Who proclaimed ideals of unity for people ?
Present day kerela , a guru from Ezhava caste , Shri Narayan guru
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Famous statement of S. N guru ?
Oru jati , oru matam , oru daivam manushyanu (one caste , one religion, one God for humankind)
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Haridas and S. N guru were from which caste ?
Non bhrahman caste
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Most vocal amongst low caste
Jyotiroa phule (1827)
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Where did phule study ?
School set up by Christian missionaries
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Before Aryans what did exist ?
Golden age when warrior peasants tilled the land and ruled maratha countryside
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Labouring castes
Shudras
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Untouchables
Ati shudras
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When was gulamgiri written and what does it mean snd how much prior to American civil war ?
1873 , slavery , 10 years prior
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Phule was concerned about
Upper caste women , lowers caste people and misisries of labourers
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By whom was caste reform continued in 20th century?
Dr br ambedkar in western India and ev ramaswamy naicker in south
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By whom and when was madurai temple drawn by ?
Thomas Danielle in 1792
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In which family was ambedkar born ?
Mahar
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After returning from us when And what did he wrote about ?
1929 upper caste power in contemporary society
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Between what were 3 movements for temple entry led by ambedkar?
1927 and 1935
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When did non bhrahman movement start ?
Early 20
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Where did aryans come from and what did they invade ?
From north and invaded southern lands from indigenous Dravidian races , they also challanges brahmanical claims to power
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Periyar came from
Middle class family
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What did periyar study
Sanskrit scriptures
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Why did periyar leave congress in disgust ?
At a fest organised by nationalists , seating arrangements followed caste distinctions
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What movement did he find in the convince og untouchable dignity ?
Self respect movement
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Who were the true upholders of original Tamil and Dravidian culture ?
Untouchables
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What hindu scripts did periyar criticised and what did he say about them ?
Codes of manu(ancient law giver ) , Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana , these texts established the authority of Brahmins over lower castes and domination of men over women
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What associations were formed that uphold caste distinctions as a cornerstone of Hinduism ?
Sanatan Dharma Sabhas , Bharat Dharma Mahamandal in both , Brahman Sabha in Bengal
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Brhamo samaj was formed in
1830
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Brahmo samaj prohibited, belived and forbade
Idolatry and sacrifice
Upanishads
Critising other religious practices
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BS drew upon the ideal of which religion
Hinduism and Christianity
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Derozio and young bengal
-Henry Louis Vivian , teacher at hindu college Calcutta 1820
-peomoted radical ideas
-Young Bengal Movement students attacked traditions
-education to women and freedom
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On eof the main leaders of brahmo samaj
Keshub chunder sen
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Ramakrishna mission
Named after Ramakrishna Paramhansa , Swami vivekananda's guru
Ideals of salvation through social service and selfless action
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Swami Vivekanand
-1863-1902
-Narendra Nath dutta
-sri Ramakrishna + modern outlook
-heard in World parliament of religions at Chicago in 1893
-New York herald ( we feel how foolish it is to send missionaries to this learned nation)
-Re established the pre-eminence of Vedanta philosophy at global scale
-pained at poverty
-clarion call was if rise above religion of the kitchen
-exhorstion to youth was to unite on the basis of common spiritual heritage
-in this view point he became (symbol of a new spirit and a source of strength for the future
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Prarthana samaj
1867 at Bombay
Caste , child marriage, education for women , widow remarriage
Meeting drew upon Hindu , Buddhist and Christian texts
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Veda samaj
Madras (Chennai ) 1864
Inspired by Brahmo samaj
Caste , widow , education to women, Monotheism
Condemned Hinduism
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Aligarh movement
Mohammedan Anglo oriental colleage by sayyid ahmed khan 1875
Aligarsh muslim University
Morning education to muslims
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Singh Sabha Movement
Amritsar in 1873
Lahore 1879
Rid Sikhism of superstitions , caste , non Sikh practices
Modern instruction+ Sikh teachings
