What were the different reasons people had for not sending girls to school?

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Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so, for what reasons?

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In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as 'low'?

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Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to free slaves?

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What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?

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What do you know about Tarabai Shinde?

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Who was 'Keshub Chandra Sen? What was done by the Brahmo Samaj after 1830?

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Who was the founder of the Aligarh Movement? What were its objectives?

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How was the society divided in the nineteenth century ?

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Why was Raja Rammohan Roy keen to spread the knowledge of western education in India?

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How did women, by the end of the 19^th century contribute/participate for reforms?

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How were the "untouchables" treated in the Bombay Presidency?

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What was the main principle of Ramakrishna Mission?

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How did the Aligarh Movement influence the field of education?

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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
"When did you ever afford them a fair opportunity of exhibiting their natural capacity ? How then can you accuse them of want of understanding ? If, after instruction in knowledge and wisdom, a person cannot comprehend or retain what has been taught to him, we may consider him as deficient; but if you do not educate women how can you see them as inferior."
(i) Which social reformer began a campaign against the practice of Sati ?
(ii) In which year was sati banned?
(iii) What practice was adopted by various reformers to criticize the practice of Sati ?
(iv) What was the status of women in the 19th century?

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