THE HINDU RENAISSANCE
EXISTING HINDU SOCIETY--BRAHMO SAMAJ
FOUNDED BY ROM MOHUN ROY
FIRST HALF OF 19TH
SOCIAL REFORMS AND RESPONSIBILITY
THEISTIC PERSONAL RELIGION OF FOUNDER
RAMAKRISHNA--BORN IN 1834
WORKED IN TEMPLE
VISIONS OF KRISHNA AND JESUS
ALL CREEDS PART OF THE SAME TRUTH
"EVERY MAN SHOULD FOLLOW HIS OWN RELIGION"
RESTORATION OF ANCIENT HINDUSIM
TRADITIONAL SACRIFICES, CEREMONIES, AND IMAGES
LED WAY TO A CULTURAL RENAISSANCE OF HINDUISM
LED A SAINTLY LIFE
TEACHINGS EASILY UNDERSTOOD
LARGE FOLLOWING
TEACHINGS CONTINUED BY HIS MOST FAMOUS PUPIL SWAMI VIVEKENANDA
SWAMI VIVEKENANDA BELEIVED EVERYTHING IN
HINDUISM WAS RIGHT
EVERYTHING IN WESTERN THOUGHT WAS WRONGF
BLEAK PICTURE OF WESTERN MATERIALISM AND DEGRATION
GRAFT HINDU BELIEF ON MODERN THOUGHT
BECAME A WORLD FIGURE
SWAMI DAYANAND FOUNDED ARYA SAMAJ IN 1875
REJECTED THE TRADITIONAL GODS OF HINDUISM--ALL KNOWLEDGE WAS CONTAINED IN THE
VEDAS
SACRED WRITINGS CONTAINED EVERYTHING WORTH KNOWING--EVEN THE SEEDS OF MODERN
SCIENCE
DAYANAND REJECTED CAST
REJECTED THE AUTHORITY OF THE BRAHMANS
URGED NEED FOR MORAL AND SOCIAL REFORM
BETTER EDUCATION
IMPROVEMENT OF STATUS OF WOMEN
POPULAR IN THE PUNJAB
MILITANT HINDUISM CONDEMNED EVERYTHING FOREIGN AS EVIL
DENOUNCED THE TEACHINGS OF CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS
ATTACKED ISLAM IN STRONG LANGUAGE
A MAJOR DIVISIVE FACTOR IN INDIAN NATIONAL LIFE
PROBLEMS FOR THE BRITISH
ALL HIGH POSITIONS IN INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE TO
BRITISH
LEGALLY OPEN TO ALL
TRAINING AND TEST TAKEN IN ENGLAND
1878--9 INDIANS IN ICS
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO POLITICAL MOVEMENT SHORT STEP
DECEMBER 1885 MET IN BOMBAY
SELF CONSTITUTED BODY
LAWYERS, TEACHERS, EDITORS, JOURNALISTS
MUSLIMS ABSTAINED
ONLY TWO MUSLIM MEMBERS--MOE CAME LATER
IDEA OF ALLEN O. HUME--MODERATE BODY WOULD
SERVE AS A SAFETY VALVE FOR SECULAR MIDDLE CLASS NATIONAL ASPIRATIONS
"CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM"
GOPAL KRISHNA GOKALE--A LAW PROFESSOR
DEMAND USE OF INDIANS TRAINED IN WESTERN METHODS
HOLD EXAMINATION IN INDIA AS WELL AS IN ENGLAND
REDUCTION OF THE SALT TAX
OFFICERS IN THE ARMY
REPRESENTATION ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF VICEROY
BRITISH DID NOT TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY AT FIRST
COUNCIL WAS ENLARGED IN 1892 AND THE PRINCIPLE OF ELECTION WAS INTRODUCED
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WERE SELECTED BY ASSOCIATION OF LANDHOLDER, CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE, UNIVERSITIES
CONTROL OF PRESS WAS RELAXED
CONGRESS BECAME REVOLUTIONARY AND REPRESENTED PUBLIC OPINION
REMARKABLE GROWH
TERROR
1904 MODERATES LOST CONTROL
BOYCOTTS AND VIOLENCE
DEFEAT OF RUSSIA IN 1904
BRITISH DIFFICULTIES DURING THE BOER WAR (1899-1902)
CAME TO A HEAD WHEN THEY DEMANDED SELF RULE IN 1906
SPLIT OVER SELF RULE
LEADER OF THE LEFT WAS BAL GANGADHAR TILAK
STRONG WILLED AND COURAGEOUS
BRAHMAN
EXCELLENT WESTERN EDUCATION
GROUNDING IN THE SANSKRIT AND MARATHIAN CLASSICS
ALL OF INDIA'S EVILS COULD BE TRACED TO THE
BRITISH
KNOWN AS THE "FATHER OF INDIAN UNREST"
BRITISH PASSED LAW RAISING FEMALE MARRIAGE AGE
TO 12
EXCUSE TO ATTACK THE BRITISH
GREAT PLEAGUE OF 1907 KILLED 2 MILLION
RIOTS
LED BY TILAK
REVIVED THE CULT OF THE MARATHAS AND SHIVAJI
URGED REVOLUTIONARY CRIMES AGAINST THE ENGLISH
REVILED THE MUSLIMS AS WELL
GROWING GAP
TILAK IMPRISONED
STILL POPULAR