CONTENTS

A. DEFINITION
B. TYPES OF SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS
C. CAUSES
D. REFORMER IN INDIA
E. MOVEMENT IN INDIA
F.CONCLUSION
Prepared by-MANORANJAN KUMAR
 DEFINITION
Social movements are those organized efforts , on the
part of excluded groups to promote or resist change in
the structure of society that involves recourse to non
institutional forms of political participation .
University of
Chicago

Social movements as expressions of extremists &

violence , they are better defined as collectively
challenges , defined as common purpose & social
solidarities in sustained interaction elites opponents &
authorities. Cambridge University
TYPE OF SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS
1) Revolutionary Movements (e.g. Civil
Rights Movements , Arya Samaj
Movement )
2) Revivalist Movement
3) Resistance Movement
4) Utopian Movement
5) Peasant Movement
6) Women’s Movement
Some of the important peasant
movement

Sanyasi rebellion
1770
Wahabi rebellion 1831
Santhal rebellion 1855
Indigo revolt 1859
Punjab kisan struggle 1890-1900
Champaran satyagraha 1917-18
Moplah rebellion 1921
Bardoli satyagraha 1928
Telangana movement 1946
Naxalbai movement 1957
 ANNIE BESENT

She was famous as a social worker ,

educationalist & journalist.
She become a supporter of Indian
independence movement & her
contribution India’s freedom struggle was
remarkable.
 Mother Teresa
She was the founder of
‘Missionaries of charity’
devoted to the working for
the destitute.
She also started “Nirmal
Hriday” homes for the sick
&”Shishu Bhavan” for the
disabled &mentally retarded
children.
 Reformer in
India
RAJARAM MOHAN ROY
He was a social reformer
holding modern & progressive views.

He believed in the
fundamental unity of all
religions.
 In 1814, he founded “Atmiya
Samaj” .
In 1828 ,he founded
“brahma samaj”
Greatest achievement of sir as
asocial reformer was the
abolition of :
1.Sati Pratha in1829
2.Child marriage BLUE COLLEGE,LONDAN

3.parda pratha
HINDU SATI
BAL VIVAHA
 “BAPU” was born on 2 October 1869
in Porbander (Gujrat).
BAPU AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
A.Civil right movement in south
Africa in 1893-1914
B . Struggle for Indian
independence(1915-1945)
C . Non cooperation
D. Salt satyagraha
 MEANING
Satyagraha is a synthesis of the sanskrit word
SATYA (TRUTH) and AGRAHA means
“insistence”.
Principles for satyagrahis
1.Nonviolence
2.Truth
3.Non-stealing
4.Non-possession
5.Fearlessness
6. Body labor
7.Equal respect for all religion
SATYAGRAHA
MARCHSALT
The non co-operation movement was a
significant phase of the Indian struggle for
freedom from British rule.
Led by Mohandas Gandhi , and supported
by the Indian Congress in 1920 to 1922.
 Also known as BHARAT CHHODO
ANDOLAN or AUGUST KRANTI.
It was a call for immediate independence
of India and the slogan of “Do or Die”
was adopted.
After the Quit India movement the freedom
struggle got more intense and passionate.
 The naxalites , naxals or Naxalwadis are a Maoist
communists group in India .
The Naxal names comes from the village of
Naxalbari in the Indian state of West Bengal
where the movement originated in1967.

Causes of Naxal movement

1.Un-equal distribution of land.
2.Un-equal distribution of power & wealth.
3.Social injustice.
But in few years this movement deviated from its original path &
follow the path of terrorist.
1.NAXALS never had a peaceful
approach to attain their demands.

2.According to various sources , is

believed that more than 6,000
people have been killed in the
Naxal violence in the last 20 years.

3.A/C to RAW 20,000 armed cadre

Naxalites were operating in addition
to 50,000 regular cadres.
Initially the movement had its centre in West Bengal .

In later years ,it spread into less developed areas

of rural central and eastern India such as
1.Andhra Pradesh
2.Chattishgarh
3.orissa
By RAW in 2009 , Naxalites were active
across approximately 220 districts in twenty states of
India.
They are specially concentrated in an area known as
“RED CORRIDOR”.
RED CORRIDOR
NAXAL
MOVEMENTS
 NARMADA BACHAO ANDOLAN

Farmers , environmental & human

rights activities against the SARDAR
SAROVAR DAM being built across
the NARMADA RIVER ,GUJRAT ,
INDIA.
As per the decision ,30 major ,135
medium & 3000 small dams, were
granted approval for construction
 NARMADA BACHAO ANDOLAN

In 1985,MEDHA PATKAR & her

colleagues visited & found that the
project is non-fulfillment of basic
environmental conditions of crucial
studies & plans.
Even she noticed was that
the people who were
going to be affected were
given no information.
Medha patkar N.B.A.
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