Question

Write about social reformers of India who were successful to draw attention of poor people by their print work.

Answer 1

Hint: The social reformers of India were well educated and wrote books on social issues of Indian society, to make the masses aware of the reforms needed.

Complete Answer:
A large number of social reformers had made it clear that they would bring a marginal change in the Indian society. For this, they used to write books and these books were sold to the masses on a large scale, at a very low price. A few social reformers who were successful in drawing attention of the poor people by their print work were:
(i) The social reformers such as Jyotiba Phule wrote about the injustices of the caste system in his book Gulamgiri in the year 1871. This book has thrown light on the negative aspects of the prevalent societal systems in Indian society.
(ii) In the 20th century, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and EV Ramaswamy Naicker wrote about casteism issues and their books were read by the people throughout India. This sparked the need of reforms in Indian society as the masses had connected themselves by their books.
(iii) In 1938, Kashibaba, a Kanpur mill-worker had written and published Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal', which discussed the links between caste and class exploitation prevalent in the society.

Note: Do not confuse social reformers with the religious reformers, as the two terms are mistaken a number of times to be the one and the same thing. The religious reformers include people such as Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.