HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Only II
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main reasons for failure of Young Bengal Movement were that it did not involve peasant cause and Radicalism was bookish in character and did not develop links with masses.
Detailed explanation-2: -The group failed to gather support from other Bengali academics and literati.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1826 Henry Louis Vivian Derozio joined the Hindu College as a teacher at Calcutta. Within no time, he influenced many people in the college and encouraged them to think freely, and promoted radical ideas in his teachings. This is how the young Bengal movement started.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main aim of the Young Bengal Movement was to promote radical ideas through teachings and by organizing debates and discussions on Literature, History, Philosophy and Science.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Young Bengal movement collapsed because the group was unable to gain support from other Bengali intellectuals or literati. Raja Rammohan was not sympathetic to their plight. Because of his radicalism, Derozio was expelled from the Hindu college in 1829.