Question

During the Indian freedom struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What was the reason for its formation?

• A. Different social reform groups or organizations of Bengal region united to form a single body to discuss the issues of larger interest and to prepare appropriate petitions/representations to the government.
• B. Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose.
• C. Behramji Malabari and M.G. Ranade decided to bring together all the social reform groups of the country under one organization.
• D. None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above are correct in this context.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose.

National Social Conference was founded by M.G. Ranade and Raghunath Rao. It was virtually the social reform cell of the Indian National Congress. The Conference met annually as a subsidiary convention of the Indian National Congress, at the same venue, and focused attention on social reform. The Conference advocated intercaste marriages and opposed kulinism and polygamy.