Important Socio-Religious Organizations

Important Socio-Religious Organizations:

Organization	Founder
Atmiya Sabha (1815-19)	Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Brahmo Sabha (1828) & renamed it Brahmo Samaj	Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Brahmo Samaj of India	Keshav Chandra Sen
Sadharan Brahmo Samaj	Anand Mohan Bose
Tattvabodhini Sabha (1839)	Debendra Nath Tagore, also known as ‘Maharshi’.
Sangat Sabha (1859)	Keshav Chandra Sen
Young Bengal Movement	Henry Louis Vivan Derozio
Prarthna Samaj (Prayer Society, 1867)	Atma Ram Pandurang
Satya Shodhak Samaj (1873)	Jyotiba Phule
Arya Samaj (1875 at Bombay)	Swami Dayanand Saraswati (Mul Shankar)
Ramakrishna Mission (1897)	Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Nath Dutta)
Theosophical Movement (1875 at New York)	Madame Blavatsky and Col. Olcott
Aligarh Movement	Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Dharma Sabha (1830)	Radhakant Deb
Seva Sadan	Behramji M.Malabari
Servants of India Society (1905)	Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Social Service League (1911)	Narayan Malhar Joshi
Seva Samiti (1914 at Allahabad)	Hridayanath Kunzru
Lokahitawadi	Gopal Hari Desmukh
Rahanumai Mazdayasanan Sabha (Religious Reform Association, 1851)	Dadabhai Naoroji, J.B.Wacha, S.S.Bangali and Naoroji Furdonji
Veda Samaj (1864 in Madras)	K.Sridharalu Naidu
Swami Narain Sect	Swami Sahajanand
Radhaswami Movement (1861)	Tulsi Ram of Agra (Shiv Dayal Saheb or Swamiji Maharaj)
Madras Hindu Social Reforms Association (1892)	Veresalingam Pantulu
Madras Hindu Association (1904)	Mrs. Annie Besant
Satnami Sect	Ghasi Das
Satya Mahima Dharma (1860)	Mukund Das (Mahima Gosian)
Paramahansa Mandali (1849)	Dadoba Panderung and Bal Shastri Jambhekar
Aravipuram Movement (1888)	Sri Narayana Guru
Praja Mithra Mandali	C.R.Reddy
Nirankari Movement	Baba Dayal Das
Namdhari Movement	Balak Singh
Arya Mahila Samaj	Ramabai
Bharat Stree Mahamandal (1910 at Allahabad)	Sarladevi Chaudhurani
Women’s Indian Association (1915)	Dorothy Jinarajadasa
Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam (1866 at Lahore)	Muhammad Shafi and Shah Din
Titu Mir’s Movement	Mir Nithar Ali
Faraidi Movement	Haji Shariat Ullah
Taaiyuni Movement	Maulana Karamat Ali
Ahmadiya Movement (1889)	Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadiyan
Deoband Movement (1867)	Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
Depressed Classes Institute (Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha, 1924)	Dr.Ambedkar
Self-Respect Movement	E.V.Ramaswamy Naicker (Periyar)
Indian National Social Conference (1887)	M.G.Ranade and Raghunath Rao
Dev Samaj	Shivnarayan Agnihotri