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Founders.
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Description
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Year Founded.
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Organization
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to propagate monotheistic Vedantic ideals and campaign against orthodox Hindu practices like idolatry, caste rigidities, precursor to Brahmo Sabha (1828) |
1814
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Atmiya Sabha
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Haji Shariatullah
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It aimed at the eradication of social
innovations or un-Islamic practices current among the Muslims of the region and draw their attention to
their duties as Muslims. Under the leadership of Haji’s son, Dudu Mian, the movement became
revolutionary from 1840 onwards. |
1818
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Faraizi Movement
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Roy was involved in various efforts to spread education in India. In 1825, he founded
the Vedanta coll |
1828
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Vedanta College
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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1828
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Brahmo Sabha
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1st protonationalist movement opposing Lord Bentinck's Sati ban Although ✅ Western & Women Education
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1830
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Dharma Sabha
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Balshastri Jambhekar
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Father of Marathi Journalism. Darpan daily in 1832. Also founded Bombay Native General Library
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Native Improvement Society
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The associates of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, most notably Gauri Shankar Tarkabagish ( first president).
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the first organized political association in Bengal (and arguably India.
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1836
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Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha
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Dwarakanath Tagore
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Soon renamed as Landholder's Society
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1838
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Debendranath Tagore
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in Calcutta as a splinter group from Brahmo Samaj Promote Upanishadic Vedanta, counter missionary influence, preserve Hindu cultural identity Merger with Brahmo Sabha: 1843 |
1839
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Tattwabodhini Sabha
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George Thompson
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to collect and disseminate information about the conditions of Indians and to secure their welfare
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1843
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Bengal British India Society
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SS Bengali. Naoroji Furdonji. Dadabhai Naoroji... |
Restore purity of Zoroastrianism. Rast Goftar Journal.
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1851
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Rahanumai Mazdayasanan Sabha |
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Radhakant Deb
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Merging of landholders society 1838 & Bengal British India society 1843.
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1851
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British Indian Association
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Baba Dyal Das
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rejection of idols, rituals associated with idolatry, and the priests who conducted these rituals. Stressing the importance and authority of Guru Nanak and the Adi Granth, he prohibited eating meat, drinking liquor, lying, cheating, using false weights, etc. |
1851
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Nirankari
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Baba Ram Singh
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Ram Singh formally inaugurated the movement with a set of rituals modeled
after Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa |
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Namdhari
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Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty (a prominent merchant and activist
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began as a branch of the British Indian Association (Calcutta). Local grievances, Torture Commission, Anti-Missionary. Short-lived (died out by late 1860s) |
1852
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Madras Native Association
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Jagannath Shankar Sheth
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Jejibbai - First President
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1852
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Bombay Association
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Keshab Chandra Sen K. Sridharalu Naidu |
. Naidu later visited Calcutta to study the Brahmo Samaj movement . renamed the Veda Samaj as Brahmo Samaj of Southern India in 1871.
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1864
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Keshab Chandra Sen
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1866
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Brahmo Samaj of India
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Organised in London to discuss the Indian question and influence public in England to promote Indian welfare
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1866
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East India Association
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Atmaram Pandurang. Mahadev Govind Ranade ( Mentor) |
Bombay. Emphasis on monotheism, women uplifment, caste discrimination ❌
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1867
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Prarthana Samaj
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Mahadev Govind Ranade Others |
Bridge between the colonial government and the people by representing public grievances in a lawful manner..
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1870
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Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
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Keshub Chandra Sen (Radical, cosmopolitan, included teachings from all religions).
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Calcutta. Upliftment of social status of women. legalise brahmo type of marriage. ✅public opinion against child marriage
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1870
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Indian Reform Association
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Jyotiba Phule
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Education + social rights for underprivileged groups; special focus on women/Dalits
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1873
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Satyashodhak Samaj
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Sisir Kumar Ghosh
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Sense of nationalism among the people
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1875
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The Indian League
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Madame H.P. Blavatsky (Russian mystic) Colonel H.S. Olcott (American army office |
Revivalist: Glorify ancient wisdom to build pride.. Annie Besant took over the leadership after Olcott's death in 1907.
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1875
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Theosophical Society
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Surendranath Banerjee Anand Mohan Bose |
Also known as Indian Association of Calcutta and the Indian Association. Later merged with INC in 1886. Civil Services Agitation (1877). It merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886. |
1876
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Indian National Association |
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Kandukuri Veeeesalingam Pantulu
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Widow Remarriage. Father of Telugu Renaissance |
1878
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Rajahmundry Social Reform Association
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Pandita Ramabai Saraswati
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To provide education to women and to discourage and fight against the practice of child marriage.
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1882
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Arya Mahila Samaj
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M.Veeraraghavachariar G. Subramania Iyer P. Anand Charlu |
National issues, Constitutional reforms, Representation. It hosted the 3rd Session of the INC (1887) in Madras |
1884
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak Gopal Ganesh Agarkar with the help of M.G. Ranade |
to promote nationalist education and holistic student development.
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1884
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Deccan Education Society
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Pherozshah Mehta KT Telang Badruddin Tyabji |
Founded in response to Lytton 's reactionary policies and Ilbert bill controversy.
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1885
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Bombay Presidency Association |
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Shiv Narayan Agnihotri ( 1850 - 1929)
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at Lahore an erstwhile follower of Brahmo Samaj.
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1887
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Dev Samaj
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Mahadev Govind Ranade Raghunath Rao. |
social reform cell of the Indian National Congress. child marriage, polygamy, and kulinism
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1887
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Indian Social Conference
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Syed Ahmad Khan Raja Shiv Prasad Singh of Banaras |
To oppose the Indian National Congress. Loyalty towards Britons. |
1888
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United Indian Patriotic Association
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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
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forms a sect of Islam which originated from India It was based on liberal principles.The movement spread Western liberal education among the Indian |
1889
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Kandukuri Veeeesalingam Pantulu
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Social purity movement, against Devdasi system and oppression of widows
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1892
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Madras Hindu Association
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Ramabai Ranade
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Under the parent organization National Social Conference
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1904
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Ladies Social Conference
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Madan Mohan Malaviya
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Opposed Damming of Ganga at Bhimgoda (Haridwar) Key Outcome : 1916 Agreement guaranteeing unfettered flow |
1905
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Ganga Mahasabha
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale with the help of M.G. Ranade |
Bombay.
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1905
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Servants of India Society
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Ashwini Kumar Dutta
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Swadeshi consumption + boycott of foreign goods. Base area Barisal (Bengal). |
1905
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Swadesh Bandhab Samiti
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Dhondo Keshav Karve
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Pune. Founded a Women's University
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1908
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Nishkam Karma Math
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Behramji Malabari Diwan Dayaram Gidumal |
(Bombay). Social reform among Parsis/Hindus; care for the destitute.
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1908
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Seva Sadan
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Ramabai Ranade (wife of Justice M.G. Ranade) and G.K. Devadhar (a member of the Servants of India Society).
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focused on economic self-reliance for women.
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1909
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Poona Seva Sadan
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Sarla Devi chaudhurani
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Calcutta. To bring together women of all castes and creeds together.
First major Indian Women's Org. |
1910
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Bharat Stree Mahamandal
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Narayan Malhar Joshi
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to secure for the masses "better and reasonable conditions of life and work."
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1911
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Social Service League
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Mannathu Padmanabhan
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Social and educational reform in Kerala for which awarded Padma Bhushan
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1915
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Nair Service Society
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Madan Mohan Malaviya
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1915
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Hindu Mahasabha
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Annie Besant.
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Tilak’s league: April 1916, founded at Belgaum; HQ in Poona; Annie Besant. Sept 1916, Madras (Chennai). Changed its name to Swaraj Sabha in 1920 |
1916
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All India Home Rule League
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Annie Besant, Margaret Cousins, Dorothy Jinarajadasa (and others).
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Annie Besant became the first President of WIA later on........Upliftment of Indian women annual conference were held.Journal Stri Dharma Adyar, Madras
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1917
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Women's Indian Association
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Gauri Shankar Mishra Indra Narayan Dviwedi |
Founded February 1918, Lucknow.
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1918
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United Provinces Kisan Sabha
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Baba Ramchandra
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Radical leaders like Baba Ramchandra felt the old Sabha was too soft. They, along with Nehru, formed to launch a more direct struggle against landlords (Taluqdars).
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1920
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Awadh Kisan Sabha
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Narayan Malhar Joshi Joseph Baptista Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
Founded in Bombay; Lala Lajpat Rai (President). First General Secretary: Diwan Chaman Lall 1929 Nagpur Split N.M. Joshi leaves AITUC; Nehru presides |
1920
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All India Trade Union Congress
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Lady Aberdeen (ICW) and Lady Meherbai Tata.
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Affiliate/representative of ICW Int Council of Women |
1925
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National Council of Women
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Lady V. Thorburn, Margaret Cousins
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With an egalitarian approach. "AIWC = 1927 Poona Women Conference"
"Thorburn-Cousins = T-C 1927" (Founder duo + year) |
1927
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All India Women's Conference
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Chaired by Maharani Chimnabai Gaekwad
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primarily focused on advocating for compulsory primary education for girls across British India.. |
1927
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All India States'
People's Conference (AISPC) |
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Latika Ghosh
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at the instance of Subash Chandra Bose. The aim was to fight for freedom by mobilising cadres of women for political work. |
1928
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Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
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Sohan Singh Joshi
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institutional successor to the Ghadar Party in Punjab The Naujawan Bharat Sabha (founded by Bhagat Singh in 1926) and the KKS worked in close cooperation |
1928
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Kirti Kisan Sabha
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan,
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"Servants of God" or Red Shirts, were a unique nonviolent movement in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)
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1929
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Khudai Khidmatgars:
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Mahatma Gandhi
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later renamed the Harijan Sevak Sangh.weekly journal called "Harijan" on 11 February 1933 from Yerwada Jail
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1932
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All India Anti-Untouchability League.
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Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
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Lucknow session of INC .N. G. Ranga as Secretary
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1936
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All India Kisan Sabha
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BR Ambedkar
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1924
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Bahishkrit HITKARNI Sabha
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Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Sachindranath Sanyal, Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee, Sachindra Nath Bakshi.
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Feroz Shah Kotla (Delhi) → HRA renamed to HSRA.
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1928
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Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
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BR Ambedkar
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1936
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Independent Labour Party
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BR Ambedkar
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1942
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Schdueled Castes Federation
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Basawan Singh (Sinha), Ashok Mehta, R.S. Ruikar, Mani Benkara, Shibnath Benerajee, R.K. Khedgikar, T.S. Ramanujam, VS Mathur, G.G. Mehta.
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Mr. R.S. Ruikar was elected
president and Ashok Mehta as its General Secretary |
1948
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Hind Mazdoor Sabha
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BR Ambedkar
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1956
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Republican Party of India
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