1. Renaissance in Indian art occurred between MID 19 CENTURY 2. Who was known as father of Indian Renaissance RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY 3. Indian Renaissance is known as. THE BENGALI RENAISSANCE OR BENGAL RENAISSANCE 4. Who was Popular as ‘GURUDEV’. RABINDRANATH TAGORE 5. Nandlal Bose was inspired by the murals of AJANTA 6. Founder of ‘Shanti Niketan’ was. RABINDRANATH TAGORE 7. In which printing technique we use silk fabric. INKJET PRINTING 8. In Block Printing technique blocks are made of. SEASONED TEAK WOOD BY TRAINED CRAFTSMEN 9. Avaneendra nath was leading Artist during Indian Renaissance. YES 10. Ravindra Nath Tagor was Painter. (True/False) TRUE
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1. What is Indian Renaissance?
2. Legends of Indian renaissance? ANS 1. Renaissance stands for rebirth and Indian renaissance means revival of knowledge and development of science and arts. The account of social, regional, cultural awakening in India is referred as Indian renaissance. This was the time of great revival of art, literature and learning in the latter half of 19th century. Characteristics and main features of Indian Renaissance: During first half of the 19th century aim of the intellectual attacks were the existing social land cultural evils and malpractices such as obscurantism, superstitious and irrationality embedded in the society . The main means used for the propagation of ideas and for the creation of favourable public opinion were the urban communication channels, such as the press, lectures , sabhas and propaganda network. Indian Renaissance was started under the influence of the western thinkers. Main features of Indian Renaissance were as follows: A new way of studying Indian past was brought in. Reinterpretation of Indian religious text and rituals was made, which brought irregularities and mal- practices in our religion into light at that time. A new movement for socio-religious reforms were started under Raja Ram Mohan Roy and other intellectuals. It was influenced by western thinkers. Indian Renaissance gave rise to study of English literature thoughts, philosophies and books of history. Over political movements it has some influence and later on it was perfectly adopted by political movements. Contribution of the reform movements: Many reformers like Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda upheld Indian philosophy and culture. This instilled in Indians a sense of pride and faith in their own culture. Female education was promoted. Schools for girls were set up. Even medical colleges were established for women. This led to the development, though slow, of girls’ education. The cultural and ideological struggle taken up by the socio-religious movements helped to build up national consciousness. They, thus, paved the way for the growth of nationalism. Legends of Indian renaissance are RabindraNath Tagore, Swami Vivelkanand, Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar and Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was also the founder of Indian Renaissance.