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.
