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    Indian social reformers in the 19th century fought against social evils like sati, female infanticide, and child marriage in order to unite India in its struggle for independence. Some of the most prominent reformers included Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who worked to abolish practices like sati and child marriage and was considered the "Father of Indian Renaissance," and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, who simplified the Bengali alphabet and campaigned for Hindu widow remarriage despite facing opposition. Social reformers recognized education as a tool for change and fought against an unfair caste system.

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    Indian social reformers in the 19th century fought against social evils like sati, female infanticide, and child marriage in order to unite India in its struggle for independence. Some of the most prominent reformers included Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who worked to abolish practices like sati and child marriage and was considered the "Father of Indian Renaissance," and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, who simplified the Bengali alphabet and campaigned for Hindu widow remarriage despite facing opposition. Social reformers recognized education as a tool for change and fought against an unfair caste system.

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    Indian social reformers in the 19th century fought against social evils like sati, female infanticide, and child marriage in order to unite India in its struggle for independence. Some of the most prominent reformers included Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who worked to abolish practices like sati and child marriage and was considered the "Father of Indian Renaissance," and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, who simplified the Bengali alphabet and campaigned for Hindu widow remarriage despite facing opposition. Social reformers recognized education as a tool for change and fought against an unfair caste system.

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    Indian Social Reformers

    Social Reformers are the people who fight against social evils like sati, female
    infanticide, child marriage and many more. Social Reformers realized that for India to
    get its freedom India would have to be united, so they decided to fight against the social
    evils. Some of the social reformers are Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishwar Chandra
    Vidyasagar, Dayanand Saraswati and many more.

    Raja Ram Mohan Roy


    Raja Ram Mohan Roy FRAS was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of
    Brahmo Samaj. He was given the title of Raja by Akbar II, a Mughal emperor. He was
    known for his efforts to abolish the practices of sati and child marriage. Roy is
    considered to be the "Father of Indian Renaissance" by many historians.

    Roy believed education to be a tool for social reform.

    Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

    Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagarwas was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth
    century. He simplified the Bengali alphabet and type. He campaigned for Hindu widow
    remarriage, petitioning the Legislative Council despite severe opposition

    Many widows had to shave their heads and don white saris, supposedly to discourage attention
    from men. They led a deplorable life, something Vidyasagar thought was unfair and sought to
    change.

    He also fought for social reforms against the caste system of India.

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