Question

Parsi and Sikh Reform Movements

(a) Who founded the Parsis’ Reform Society?

(b) What are the names of the two Sikh Reform Movements?

(c) Name the leader from Parsi community who played a big role in early congress?

(d) Who were the founders of the Sikh Reform movements? What was the objective?

Answer 1

(a) Furdunji Naoroji founded the Parsis’ Reform Society in 1851.

(b) Nirankaris and Namdharis are the names of the two Sikh Reform Movements.

(c) Pherozeshah Mehta and Dinshaw Wacha played a big role in early congress from Parsi community.

d) Baba Dayal Das was the founder of the Nirankari movement and Baba Ram Singh was the founder of the Namdhari movement Its main objective was to restore the purity of Sikhism and the authority of Guru Nanak