Consider the following:
- Calcutta Unitarian Committee
- Tabernacle of New Dispensation
- Indian Reform Association
Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above?
- 1 and 3 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
Explanation
The Calcutta Unitarian Committee is incorrect
- The Calcutta Unitarian Committee was jointly founded by William Adam and Rammohun Roy in 1821. It sought to bring together prominent Brahmins who were friends of Roy’s and supporters of his agenda to promote religious monotheism and social reform among Hindus, with British and European residents of Calcutta who were Unitarian Christians. For Roy, the Committee acted as a new associational focus following the demise of the Atmiya Sabha in 1819.
The Tabernacle of New Dispensation is correct
- Keshab Chandra Sen joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857. Debendranath Tagore made him Acharya in 1858.
- However, differences arose between Debendranath and Keshab regarding observations of caste rules and social reforms. Finally, in 1868, Keshab Chandra Sen formed a new organisation called Bharatbarsiya Brahma Samaj (The Brahma Samaj of India). The other organisation led by Debendranath Tagore came to be known as Adi Brahma Samaj (the original or Early Brahma Samaj).
- On 24th January, 1868, Sen laid the foundation stone of the mandir called the Tabernacle of New Dispensation and in 1881, Keshub Chandra Sen founded a new universal religion – Naba Bidhan (New Dispensation), continuing to preach a mixture of Hindu philosophy and Christian theology.
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The Indian Reform Association is correct
- The Indian Reform Association was formed in 1870 with Keshub Chandra Sen as president. It represented the secular side of the Brahmo Samaj and included many who did not belong to the Brahmo Samaj. The objective was to put into practice some of the ideas Sen was exposed to during his visit to Great Britain.
