UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2012 · Q2(b) · 30 marks
“The contact of the new Indian middle class with the West proved to be a catalyst. The social and religious movements launched by Rammohan or Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar have to be understood in this context.” – Elucidate.
- Chapter
- Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Areas
- Topic
- Character of the Reform Movements: Reason, Revival and the West
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