Social Reforms

Social Reforms
Author: Rajendra Kumar Saxena
Publisher: New Delhi : Trimurti Publications
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1975
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

On the origin, prevalence, and decline of the Hindu customs of infanticide and suttee (voluntary self-immolation) by the widow of the deceased on his funeral pyre; study with reference to Rajasthan.

Sovereignty and Social Reform in India

Sovereignty and Social Reform in India
Author: Andrea Major
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9780415580502

This book offers an important reinterpretation of major themes of sovereignty, authority and social reform in colonial South Asian history. Focusing on the British prohibition of sati in 1829, the author shows how the debates that preceded this legislation have effectively set the terms of post-colonial debates about sati, as well as more generally defining the parameters of British involvement in Indian social and religious issues.

Essays on Social Reform Movements

Essays on Social Reform Movements
Author: Raj Kumar
Publisher: Discovery Publishing House
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2004
Genre: India
ISBN: 9788171417926

Contents: Introduction, Why Social Reforms?, Importance of Social Reforms, The Principles of Social Reforms, Traditions and Social Reform, Revival and Reform, A Plea for Judicial Reform, Rights of Women, Demand for English Education, Sri Ramakrishna: Mystic and Spiritual Teacher, Separate Movements Among the Muslims, In Support of Western Education, Art and Science, Muslims and the Early Phase of the Congress, Islam Neither Violent nor Dogmatic, Marriage Reform Among the Hindus, A Plea for Widow Re-Marriage, Theosophy and Social Change in India: With Special Reference to Annie Basant s Contribution, The Work of the Theosophical Society in India, Society and Religion, The Nineteenth Century.

Social Reform Movements in India

Social Reform Movements in India
Author: V. D. Divekar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN:

The Papers Presented In This Book Relate To Social Reform Movements In Different Parts Of India From A Historical View Point. Many Of The Issues Raised At The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century Still Exist.

Women and Social Reform in Modern India

Women and Social Reform in Modern India
Author: Sumit Sarkar
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2008
Genre: Social change
ISBN: 025335269X

An impressive collection of writings on women's issues in Indian history

Contentious Traditions

Contentious Traditions
Author: Lata Mani
Publisher:
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1999
Genre: Hinduism
ISBN: 9780195647501

This Book Radically Revises Colonialist As Well As Nationalist Historiography On The Social Reform Of Women`S Status In The Colonial Period, And Clarifies The Complex And Contradictory Character Of Missionary Writings On India.