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Socio-Religious Movements/Organisations – Founders

Socio-religious movements played a pivotal role in changing and modernising old
People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Jaya Prakash Narayan
age practices which were discriminatory against particular groups, gender or section Democratic Rights
of society.

Below Table gives list of Socio-Religious Movement and their founders- Chinmaya Mission Swami Chinmayananda

Brahmo Samaj Raja Ram Mohan Roy

People’s Education Society Dr B.R.Ambedkar

Prarthana Samaj Dr Atmaram Panduran

Vishwa Bharti Rabindranath Tagore

Arya Samaj Swami Dayanand Sawaswati

Abhinav Bharat Veer Savarkar

Theosophical Society Madame H P Blavatsky &

Chipko Sunderlal Bahuguna

Col H S Olcott

Narmada Bachao Medha Patkar

Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekanand

Servants of India Society G K Gokhale

Aligarh Movement Sir Syed Ahmed Khan & Others

Servants of People Society Lala Lajpat Rai

Deoband Movement Muhammed Qasim Wanatavi & Rashid

Ahmed Gangoli
Satyasodhak Samaj Jyotiba Phule

Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa

Servants of God or Khudai Khidmatgar Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Home Rule Movement Annie Besant & Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Van Mahotsav K M Munshi

Bhoodan Movement Vinobha Bhave Zoroastrianism Ancient Iran

Tattvabodhini Sabha Debendranath Tagore Confucianism Confucius

Dadoba Pandurang Paramhansa Sabha Taoism Lao Tzu

Seva Sadon Behramii M Malabari Hellenistic Philosophy Ancient Greece

Wahabi Movement Shah Walliulah Platonism Plato

Ahmadiyya Movement Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Modern Political Philosophy Machiavelli

Self Respect Movement E V Ramaswami Naicker Marxism Karl Marx

Fascism Italy

Religious & Political Philosophies/Ideologies

Nazism Germany

Political philosophy is the study of fundamental questions about state, liberty,

government, justice, legal code etc. Religious philosophy is more concerned about
Liberalism John Locke
nature and existence of Gods.

The below table gives list of Religious and Political Philosophies

Philosophy Founders / Place of Origin International Movements/Organisations – Founders

Some of the most famous global movements which tried to bring in a positive change
Vedic Philosophy India
in society.

Below Table gives list of international organisations and their founders.

Amnesty International Peter Benenson

Lions Club Melvin Jones

Guides Lady Agnes Baden Powell

Scouts Baden Powell

Red Cross J H Dunant