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When and who founded Namdhari Movement? Describe the social reforms done by it.

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Namdhari Movement was started by Sri Satguru Ram Singh Ji at Bhaini Sahib (Ludhiana) on 13th April, 1857 A.D.

He strongly opposed the prevailing evils of society :

  • He severely condemned child marriage, girl infanticide, Dowry system and other social evils.
  • He stressed on giving equal rights to females as compared to males so that their social status could be uplifted.
  • He condemned the useless expenditure on marriage.
  • He started a system of marriage which was known as ‘Anand Marriage’. Only one rupee and twenty-five paisa was required to do marriage in such system. He did not believe in caste system as well.


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