Social Reform Movements in Bengal

Abstract

Issues such as child marriage, ban on widow marriage, sati practice, untouchability, polygamy, veil system were covered in India. Some of these problems were imposed on the people as customs and traditions due to religious approval. So people started giving more importance to rituals, rituals and other practices. At that time, the level of education was very low and therefore they believed everything that the religious leaders told them. It made the life of a common man miserable. With the establishment of British rule and the spread of English education in India, many social reformers were influenced by Western philosophy and began to question and question some of the undesirable practices of Hinduism. Those social reformers wanted to bring about reforms in Hinduism and at the same time to get rid of the evil practices that were being practiced in the name of religion. The purpose of the present study is to present the work done by the social reformers during the social problems in Bengal. What the social reformers in Bengal have done is to bring the work to the fore.