Sunday, 29 December 2013

Q. Describe the Dev Samaj Movement?

Ans.

 

 The Dev Samaj (Deva Dharma) was areligious movement. It was started by Pandit Satyanand Agnihotri I
at Lahore in February 1887. The followers of Dev Samaj preach against drinking, intoxicants, gambling and'
flesh eating. They are also opposed to caste system, child marriage, forced widowhood and superstitions. TheJ
movement did not make much progress in the country.

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