Women, Caste and Reform

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  1. 4. the social reformer who worked for the upliftment of women in Maharashtra
  2. 5. an untouchable caste of present-day Andhra Pradesh.
  3. 7. In aristocratic Muslim households in North India, women learnt to read the Koran in ---.
  4. 10. Rajaram Mohan Roy is known as the Father of Indian ---
  5. 11. the book written by Tarabai Shinde
  6. 12. the class that belonged to the lower most strata in the social ladder of ancient India
  7. 15. She founded a widows’ home at Poona to provide shelter to widows who had been treated badly by their husbands’ relatives.
  8. 16. a book written by Jyotirao Phule
  9. 17. a reformer of Calcutta
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  1. 1. the first primary school for girls started in ---
  2. 2. the uppermost caste in the social ladder that existed in ancient India
  3. 3. Governor General who banned sati custom
  4. 6. class/varna belonged to the traders and money lenders
  5. 8. Dayanand founded the --- in 1875, an organisation that attempted to reform Hinduism.
  6. 9. Belief in one god
  7. 10. Swami Vivekananda’s guru
  8. 13. founded the Self Respect Movement
  9. 14. -- Remarriage Act of 1856