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Question
Answer the following question briefly:
With reference to the reform movements in various parts of India, discuss:
Reform movement in South India
Solution
Veeresalingam, a prominent social reformer in South India, was deeply disturbed by the deplorable condition of Women in general and widow remarriage and education for women in particular. Sri Narayan Guru carried on a lifelong struggle against the caste system. His crusade was based on the principle of one caste, one religion, one god for mankind.
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