GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Bombay
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Calcutta
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Madras
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Jaipur
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Women’s Indian Association (WIA) was founded at Adayar, Madras, in 1917 by Annie Besant, Margaret Cousins, Jeena Raja Dasa, and others to liberate women from the deplorable condition women suffered in socio-economic and political matters during the 19th and the early 20th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Stri Dharma” was the journal published by ‘Indian Women’s Association.
Detailed explanation-3: -To further these aims, the conference resolved to set up the Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS) which was registered as a membership-based organisation in 1982.
Detailed explanation-4: -Advent of Bharat Stree Mahamandal During this time, Sarala Devi founded the first woman’s organization in India known as the Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad. The main goal of the organization was to promote and improve female education in the country which was not well recognized at the time.