Question

UPSC Prelims 2016 Question:

Satya Shodhak Samaj organized

1. a movement for upliftment of tribals in Bihar
2. a temple-entry movement in Gujarat
3. an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra
4. a peasant movement in Punjab

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3: an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra

Detailed Solution

Explanation:

Jyotiba Phule, a lower caste social reformer of 19th century Maharashtra, developed a critique of Indian social order and Hinduism. He founded Satya Shodhak Samaj (‘Truth-Seeking Society') in Pune (Maharashtra) in 1873.

This Society was established to organize the lower castes against the Hindu social order based on varna and caste system.
In place of exploitative Indian social order, Phule wanted to establish a society founded on principles of individual liberty and equality and in place of Hinduism he would have liked to put universal religion.

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: History | Social and Religious Reform Movements

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