Socio-religious reform Movements

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With reference to Tatvabodhini Sabha, consider the following statements:

1. It was founded by Debendranath Tagore.

2. It promoted rational thinking and outlook amongst the intellectuals.

3. It promoted a systematic study of India's past.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

1 only

1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

The Tattwabodhini Sabha ("Truth Propagating/Searching Society") was a group started in Calcutta on 6 October 1839 as a splinter group of the Brahmo Samaj, reformers of Hinduism and Indian Society. The founding member was Debendranath Tagore, previously of the Brahmo Samaj, eldest son of influential entrepreneur Dwarkanath Tagore, and eventually father to renowned polymath Rabindranath Tagore. In 1859, the Tattwabodhini Sabha were dissolved back into the Brahmo Samaj by Debendranath Tagore.

Tagore headed the Tattvabodhini Sabha alongwith its organ Tattvabodhini Pat fika in Bengali, was devoted to the systematic study of India’s past with a rational outlook and to the propagation of Roy’s ideas.

By: Kritika Kaushal

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