History · Colonial Economy
UGC NET December 2019 History
Who wrote the following comment regarding social change in the nineteenth century? 'All progress in social liberation tends to be a change from the law of status to the law of contract, from the restraints of family and caste customs to the self-imposed restraints of the free will of the individual.'
AKeshub Chandra Sen
BSwami Vivekananda
CSri Narayana Guru
DMahadev Govind Ranade ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Mahadev Govind Ranade — Mahadev Govind Ranade wrote this, so the answer is Mahadev Govind Ranade.
Explanation
★Mahadev Govind Ranade wrote this, so the answer is Mahadev Govind Ranade.
★Ranade was a judge, social reformer and a leading figure of the moderate phase.
★He founded the Indian Social Conference to work for social reform.
★He saw social progress as a movement from the law of status to the law of contract.
★Keshub Chandra Sen founded the Brahmo Samaj of India in 1866.
★Sri Narayana Guru led a reform movement in Kerala, so the writer here is Ranade.
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