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What social ideas did the following people support?Rammohun Roy
Dayanand Saraswati
Veerasalingam Pantulu
Jyotirao Phule
Pandita Ramabai
Periyar
Mumtaz Ali
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
Solution
(i) Rammohun Roy:
Spread of Western education
Reforming Hinduism
Greater freedom and equality for women
Upliftment of widows
Campaigned against the practise of sati
Critical of caste inequalities
(ii) Dayanand Saraswati
Reforming Hinduism
Supported widow remarriage
Education for girls
(iii) Veerasalingam Pantulu
Supported widow remarriage
(iv) Jyotirao Phule
Education for girls
Critical of the caste system
Critical of all forms of inequality
(v) Pandita Ramabai
Critical of the treatment of upper-caste Hindu women and widows
(vi) Periyar
Campaigned against caste and social inequalities
Critical of Hindu scriptures
(vii) Mumtaz Ali
Promoting women’s education
(viii) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
Supported widow remarriage
Education for girls
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