Modern Indian History
In 1867, the British government prepared to accept the demand of the Hindu communities of the United Provinces and Bihar to change the Perso-Arabic script of the official language Urdu to Devanagari and adopt Hindi as the second official language. This gave rise to a Hindi-Urdu controversy. Who among the following was the most vocal opponent of this change?
In the year 1867, the British government was going to change the Perso-Arabic script of the official language to Devanagari and adopt Hindi as the second official language on demand of Hindu activists of United Province and Bihar. Well known muslim reformer Sir Syed Ahmed Khan strongly condemned the decision.
In the year 1875 (10th April), Arya Samaj was founded by Dayanand Saraswati. It did a lot of work in the field of the social reform movement. It supported widow remarriage. It demanded the equal status of women. It worked against untouchability. It condemned the early marriages of children.
Women participated quite actively in the Indian national movement. They participated in the boycott of foreign goods, picketing of liquor shops, non-payment of taxes, and so on. All of the above movements drew women out from the seclusion of home.
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