| Sen | came in confrontation with Devendranath Tagore. Consequently the Brahmo Samaj |
| | was split into the Brahmo Samaj of India under him & Adi Brahmo Samaj under |
| | Devendranath. He opposed child marriage but married her own minor daughter to |
| | Maharaja of Cooch-Behar. Hence there was a further split into Neo Brahmo Samaj |
| | under him & Sadharan Brahmo Samaj |
| Ishwar Chandra | Became principal of Sanskrit college in Calcutta. Opened the Sanskrit college for |
| Vidyasagar | non Brahmin students. He founded ‘Bethune School at Calcutta’ to encourage |
| | female education. |
| Bankim Chandra | First graduate of Calcutta University which was estd in 1857 based on the lines of |
| | Macaulay Minute. He became a deputy collector. Wrote the famous Bande Matram |
| | (Anand Math) & published Banga Darshan magazine. |
| Ramakrishna | Became a priest in the temple of Goddess Kali at Dakshineshwar. |
| Paramhamsa | (1836-86) |
| Swami | In 1893 he attened the Parliament of Religions at Chicago. In 1897 he established |
| Vivekanand | the Ramakrishna Mission. His disciple, Sister Nivedita even helped many |
| (1863-1902) | revolutionaries from Bengal directly. |
| Swami Dayananda | Known in early life as Mul Shankar & born in Gujarat. Received his education at |
| 1824-83 | the feet of Swami Virajananda at Mathura. Founded Arya Samaj in 1875 based on |
| | a set of 28 principles (later 10). He estd the HQ of Arya Samaj at Lahore. Passed |
| | away on Diwali at Jodhpur following the mixing of glass powder in his drink. |
| | Through his Satyartha Prakasha he emphasized Vedas. He laid emphasis on the |
| | worship of a formless god & abandonment of idolatory. He emphasized on |
| | Ashrama system of education. He stressed on swadeshi, swadharma, swabhasha & |
| | swarajya. He considered Vedas as infallible. |
| Jyotibha Phule | In 1873 he founded Satya Shodhak Samaj. Gave testimony before Hunter |
| | Commission against Christian missionaries. Later given the title ‘Mahatma’. |
| Sayyid Ahmad | In 1875 founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh which later |
| Khan | became Aligarh University. Opposed polygamy, purdah, abolition of the practice of |
| | easy divorce, reform in madrasa. |
| | Freedom Fighters |
| Lokmanya Tilak | Introduced the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi & Shivaji festivals. Paticipated in |
| 1856-1920 | Home Rule Movement in 1916. Called by Britishers as ‘Biggest Traitor’ & ‘Father |
| | of Indian dissatisfaction’ |
| Lala Lajpat Rai | Sher-e-Punjab. Was sent to Jail at Mandey on the charges of seditious activities. |
| Sri Aurobindo | His development of National education & editing of Bande Mataram (started by |
| Ghosh | Bipin Chandra Pal) gave momentum to Bengal partition movement. Left Baroda to |
| | work in the National College in Calcutta. |
| Chapekar Brothers | Chapekar Brothers – Damodar & Balakrishna. Killed two British officials Rand & |
| | Aryst. Celcbrated Shivaji & Ganesh Utsavs. |
| Savarkar Brothers | Ganesh Savarkar, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar & Narayana Savarkar. V.D. |
| | Savarkar organized the New India Association in London. Organizing lectures at |
| | the India House founded by Shyamji Krishna Verma. He was linked to the |
| | assassination of Jackson at Aurangabad. Sentenced to imprisonment in the |
| | Andamans from 1911-24. |
| Shyamji Krishna | India House had become centre of V.D Savarkar, Sardar Singh Rana, Madam |
| Verma | Bhikaji kama & Madan Lal Dhingra. |
| Madam Kama | Represented India in the International Conference at Stutteguard in Germany. |