Manav Dharma Sabha

Manav Dharma Sabha was one of the earliest socio-religious reform movements in Gujarat and British India. It was founded on 22 June 1844 in Surat by Mehtaji Durgaram Manchharam, Dadoba Pandurang Tarkhadkar and a few others. The goals of the Sabha were to expose the hypocritical arts present in Christian, Muslim and Hindu religions. It had a very short life span and ceased to exist as Dadoba left for Bombay in 1846 and Durgaram left for Rajkot in 1852.[1][2] It acted as a secret society and is believed that the revelation of its existence hastened its demise.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Socio religious reform movements in India, Kenneth W. Jones and Gordon Johnson, p 137-139, ISBN 0-521-24986-4
  2. ↑ Rhetoric and ritual in colonial India, Douglas E Haynes, p 116
  3. ↑ From Plassey to Partition, Sekhara Bandyopadhya, p 153, ISBN 81-250-2596-0



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