Societies of nineteenth and twentieth century India that reformed or revived a religion: the Brahmo Samaj, the Singh Sabha and Gurdwara Reform movements of the Sikhs and the Maha Bodhi Society that restored Buddhist pilgrimage sites. An organisation belongs here when its cited article describes a movement to reform or revive an Indian religion. It excludes the interfaith movements and Theosophy. A later fill lane places an entity here only when a source states that membership in words.
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Brahmo Samaj (Wikipedia)
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Brahmo Samaj is the societal component of Brahmoism, which began as a monotheistic reformist movement during the Bengal Renaissance.
Akali movement (Wikipedia)
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The Akali movement (IPA: ; known in Punjabi as the Ākali Morcha), also called the Gurdwara Reform Movement, was a set of campaigns to bring reform in the gurdwaras (the Sikh places of worship) in India during the early 1920s.
Maha Bodhi Society (Wikipedia)
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The Maha Bodhi Society is a South Asian Buddhist society presently based in Kolkata, India.
Singh Sabha movement (Wikipedia)
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The Singh Sabhā movement, also known as the Singh Sabhā Lehar, was a Sikh movement that began in Punjab in the 1870s in reaction to the proselytising activities of Christians, Hindu reform movements (Brahmo Samaj, Arya Samaj) and Muslims (Aligarh Movement and Ahmadiyah).
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