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Who founded the Arya Mahila Samaj and Sharada Sadan?
Who founded the Arya Mahila Samaj and Sharada Sadan?
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The correct option is B Pandita Ramabai
On 11 March
1889 the Indian activist known as Pandita Ramabai opened her Sharada Sadan (or
Home for Learning) in Chowpatty, an area of Mumbai (which was then, under the
British Raj, known as Bombay). She designed this institution to further a cause
dear to her heart: security and an education for Hindu women who were widowed
young. After Medhvi's death, Ramabai moved to Pune where she founded Arya
Mahila Samaj ( Translation: Arya Women's Society). The purpose of the society
was to promote the cause of women's education and deliverance from the
oppression of child marriage.
On 11 March 1889 the Indian activist known as Pandita Ramabai opened her Sharada Sadan (or Home for Learning) in Chowpatty, an area of Mumbai (which was then, under the British Raj, known as Bombay). She designed this institution to further a cause dear to her heart: security and an education for Hindu women who were widowed young. After Medhvi's death, Ramabai moved to Pune where she founded Arya Mahila Samaj ( Translation: Arya Women's Society). The purpose of the society was to promote the cause of women's education and deliverance from the oppression of child marriage.
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