INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Shuddhi Movement, involving the conversion of non- Hindus to Hinduism, was started by
A
Swami Vivekanand
B
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D
Aurobindo Ghosh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Shuddhi Movement was started by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in earlier part of 20th century. Its objective was to bring back the people who transformed their religion to Islam and Christianity from Hinduism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arya Samaj, (Sanskrit: “Society of Nobles”) vigorous reform movement of modern Hinduism, founded in 1875 by Dayananda Sarasvati, whose aim was to reestablish the Vedas, the earliest Hindu scriptures, as revealed truth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Arya Samaj started the Shuddhi Movement to reconvert the people who converted to Islam and Christianity from Hinduism.

Detailed explanation-4: -As part of their community-and nation-making rhetoric, the Arya Samaj and the Hindu Mahasabha (all-India Hindu body founded in 1915) launched the program of shuddhi and sangathan on a large scale in 1923.

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