Political & Social Reform Associations in British India

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Before 1857

Year	Organization	Founder	Place / Remakes
1815	Atmiya Sabha	Rammohan Roy	Initially Bramhmo Sabha
1823	Calcutta Unitarian Committee	Rammohan Roy
1828	Brahmo Samaj 20 Aug	Rammohan Roy Debendranath Tagore Secretary - Tarachand Chakraborti
	Academic Association	Derozio
1829	Dharma Sabha	Radhakanta Dev	Defend orthodox Hinduism
1838	Land-holders' Society	Dwarkanath Tagore	1st Political society
1839	Tattwabodhini Sabha 6 Oct	Debendranath Tagor
	British India Society	William Adam	London
1840	Nirankaris	Dayal Das Darbara Singh	Punjab, Sikism
1843	Bengal British India Society	George Thompson
1844	Manav Dharma Sabha	Durgaram Manchharam	Break Caste restrictions
1849	Paramahansa Mandali	Dadoba Panderung	Break Caste restrictions
1851	Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha	Dadabhai Naoroji	Bombay, Parsis
	British Indian Association	Radhakanta Deb Devendranath Tagore
1852	Madras Native Association	Lakshminarasu
	Bombay Association	Naoroji Furdoonji	Bombay
1857	Namdharis	Ram Singh	Punjab, Sikism

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Before INC

Year	Organization	Founder	Place / Remakes
1860	Sangat Sabha	Kesab Chandra Sen
1861	Radha Soami Satsang	Tulsi Ram	Monotheistic doctrine
1863	Mohammedan literary society	Nawab abdool luteef	Kolkata
1864	Scientific Society of Aligarh	Syed Ahmad Khan	Aligarh, UP
1866	Brahmo Samaj of India (Tabernacle of New Dispensation)	Keshab Chandra Sen	Brahmo Samaj broke out in two part.
	Society for the Promotion of National Feeling	Rajnarayan Basu
	Dar-ul-Uluma	Maulana Husain Ahmad	Deoband, spiritual & moral
1867	East Indian Association	Dadabhai Naoroji	London
	Prarthana Samaj	Atmaram Panduranga Dadoba P. Tarkhadkar	Bombay Religious & social reform in
	National Indian Association	Mary Carpenter	London
	Hindu Mela	Nabagopal Mitra
	National Society	Nabagopal Mitra
1870	Poona Sarvajanik Sabha 2 April	MG Ranade GV Joshi President - Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi
	Sramajivi Samiti	Sasipada Banerji	Workers' organization
	Indian Reform Association 29 Oct	Keshub Chunder Sen	Secular side of the Brahmo Samaj Sulava Samachar weekly newspaper
1872	Indian Society	Ananda Mohan Bose	London
1873	Satyashodhak Samaj 24 Sept	Jyotiba Phule	Pune rights for women and Dalits
1875	Arya Samaj 10 April	Dayananda Sarswati	Bombay
	Theosophical Society	Madam Blavatsky H.S Olcott	New York, 1882, HQ in Adyar, Near Chennai
1876	Indian Association 26 Sept	S N Banerjee Anandamohan Bose	later merged with the INC
1878	Sadharan Brahmo Samaj 15 May	Anandamohan Bose Shivanath Shastri Umesh Chandra Dutta	Town Hall of Calcutta
	Rajahmundry Social Reform Association	Vireshalingam Pantulu	Andhra Pradesh
1883	Indian National Conference	S N Banerjee Anandamohan Bose	Called as predecessor of INC
1884	Deccan Education Society	GG Agarkar	Poona, education

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After INC to 1915

Year	Organization	Founder	Place / Remakes
1886	Muhammadan Educational Conference	Sir Syed Ahmed Khan	Aligarh Movement
1887	Indian National Social Conference	M. G. Ranade	Bombay
	Deva Samaj	Shivanarayan Agnihotri	Lahore, like Brahmo samaj
1889	Ahmadiyya Muslim Community	Mirza Ghulam Ahmad	Punjab
1890	Bombay Mill Hands Association	N. M. Lokhande	1st Labour Union
1893	Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental Defence Association	Syed Ahmad Khan Theodore Beck	purpose to unite Muslims Counter influence of Congress
1894	Nadwah-ul-Ulama	Maulana Shibli Numani	Lucknow, religious & moral
1897	Ramkrishna Mission	Swami Vivekananda
1899	Mitra Mela	Savarkar Brothers	Maharastra
1902	Anushilan Samithi	Pramatha Mitra Satish Chandra Basu	Kolkata bodybuilding society or akhara
1903	Avinaba Bharat (Young India Society)	Savarkar brothers	Initially as 'Mitra Mela', at Nasik
1904	Bharat Mata Society	J M Chatterjee
1905	Dhaka Anushilan Samiti Nov	Pulin Behari Das	Dhaka
	Servants of India Society	Gopal Krishna Gokhale	Pune
	Paris Indian Society	Madam Kama	Paris
	Printers’ Union of Calcutta
	Swadesh Bandhap Samity	Aswini Kumar Dutta	Barisal
	India House	Shyamji Krishna Varma	London
	Anti-Circular Society	Sachindra Prasad Bose	Kolkata
1906	National Council of Education	Rabindra Nath
	Jugantar April	Aurobindo Ghosh, Barin Ghosh, Bhupendranath Datta, Raja Subodh Mallik	Kolkata
	All-India Muslim League 30 Dec	Nawab Khwaja Salimullah Other Leaders : Muhammad Ali Jinnah A. K. Fazlul Huq Aga Khan III Liaquat Ali Khan	Dhaka, Bangladesh
1908	Muslim League - London	Syed Ameer Ali	London
1909	Poona Seva Sadan	Mrs. Ramabai Ranade	welfare of women
1910	Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal	Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade Sardar K. C. Mehendale	Pune
1911	Social Service League	N M Joshi	Bombay
1913	Gadar Party 15 July	Har Dayal President - Sohan Singh Bhakna	Astoria, Oregon, USA Hindustan Ghadar newspaper in San Francisco, California
1914	Seva Samiti	H N Kunzra	Allahabad, Social service
	Nair Service Society	Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai	Kerala

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Between 1915 & 1930

Year	Organization	Founder	Place / Remakes
1915	Indian Independence Committee	Virendranath Bhupendranath Hardayal	Berlin
	Hindu Mahasabha April	Madan Mohan Malviya	1st sessions - Haridwar, 13 Feb 1915
1916	Justice Party 20 Nov	C. Natesa Mudaliar T. M. Nair Theagaraya Chetty E V Ramaswami	Tamilnadu South Indian Liberal Federation
1917		Shrimati Ansuyaben Sarabhai
1918	Madras Labour Union	B.P. Wadia	1st registered Union
1919	Indian National Liberal Federation	S N Banarjea Tej Bahadur Sapru
1920	All India Trade Union Congress 31 Oct	President - Lala Lajpat N M Joshi Joseph Baptista	Bombay
	Majoor Mahajan Sangh (Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association) 25 Feb	Mahatma Gandhi Anasuya Sarabhai	After Ahmedabad Mill Strike
	Shiromani Akali Dal 14 Dec	Sarmukh Singh Chubbal Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee	Akali Movement Sikh Gurdwara Bill (1925)
1921	Servants of the People Society	Lala Lajpat Rai	Lahore to create missionary social worker freedom fighter
1922	Jat Pat Torak Mandal	Bhai Paramanand
1923	Swaraj Party 1 Jan	C R Das Motilal Neheru	took part in election 1923, 1926
1924	Hindustan Republican Association	Sachin Sanyal Jogesh Chandra
	Indian Independence League	Rashbehari Bose	Japan
	Bahishkrit Hitkarnini Sabha	BR Ambedkar	Bombay
1925	Communist Party of India	M. N. Roy	Tashkent
	RSS	K B Hodgewan	Nagpur
1927	All India State People Conference	Balwant Rai Mehta	Princely States organization, Bombay
	FICCI	G D Birla Purshottamdas Thakurdas	Industry Federation Established on the advice of Gandhiji
1928	Indian Youth Congress
	Independence for India League	J L Nehru Netaji - Secretaries Srinivasa Iyengar -President	It was formed to oppose Nehru Report
	Hindustan Socialist Republican Army	Bhagat Singh
1929	Nikhil Banga Praja Samiti	A. K. Fazlul Huq Abdur Rahim	Bengal 1936, changed name to Krishak Praja Party Contested in 1937 election
	Indian Trade Union Federation	N M Joshi
	Khudai Khidmatgar (Red Shirts)	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan	N-W Frontier Province non-violence
1930	Indian Republican Army	Surya Sen	Chittagong, Bangladesh

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After 1930 to Independence

Year	Organization	Founder	Place / Remakes
1932	Harijan Sevak Sangh	M K Gandhi G.D. Birla - President Amritlal Takkar - Secretary	Result of Poona Pact
1934	Congress Socialist Party	Narendra Dev Jay Prakas Narayan	Patna
	Revolutionary Communist Party	Saumyendranath Tagore
1935	Indian History Congress	Datto Vaman Potdar Surendra Nath Sen	Pune
1936	All India Kishan Sabha	Swami Sahajananda	Lucknow
	Independent Labour Party	B R Ambedkar
1938	Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh	Vallabhbhai Patel Secretary - G L Nanda	Ahmedabad
1939	Forward Bloc 3 May	S. C. Bose	Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
1940	Radical Democratic Party	M. N. Roy	Political party
1942	Free Indian Legion	Bose	Germany
	All India Scheduled Castes Federation	B R Ambedkar
	Indian National Army	Mohan Singh	Singapore

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Women Associations

Year	Organisation	Founder	Place / Remakes
1882	Arya Mahila Samaj	Pandita Ramabai	Pune
1886	Sakhi Samiti (Women’s Friendship League)	Swarnakumari Debi	Kolkata
1900	Stri Zarothoshti Mandal		Bombay
1906	Tamil Madhar Sangam		1st meet in Kanchipuram, 1907
1910	Bharat Stree Mahamandal	Sarala Devi Chaudhurani	Allahabad Promote female education
1910	Andhra Mahila Sabha	Rajya Lakshmi
1915	Anjuman-e-Khawatin-e-Islam
1917	Women’s Indian Association	Annie Besant Margret Cousins
1925	National Council of Women in India	Mehribai Tata
1927	All India Women’s Conference	Margret Cousins	Pune Fergusson College Hall
1928	Mahila Rashtriya Sangha	Latika Bose
1930	Rashtriya Stree Sangha	Sarojini Naidu

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