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Indian Intellectual Response: ‘Bengal Renaissance’
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Radical Theory and Conservative Practice Learning India and Creating Knowledge for Governance: Birth of Asiatic Society in 1784 Learning India and Creating Knowledge for Governance: Birth of Asiatic Society in 1784 Orientalists ( Calcutta Madrasa 1780) and Anglophile Orientalists ( Calcutta Madrasa 1780) and Anglophile Utilitarians and the New Theory of Governance Utilitarians and the New Theory of Governance Evangelicals and the Idea of Governance Evangelicals and the Idea of Governance
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Indian Response Raja Ram Mohun Roy(1772 - 1833 ) Raja Ram Mohun Roy(1772 - 1833 ) Hindu College of Calcutta in 1817 and Sanskrit College (Kolkata) 1824 Hindu College of Calcutta in 1817 and Sanskrit College (Kolkata) 1824 Henry Vivian Derozio ((1809-1831) Henry Vivian Derozio ((1809-1831) Young Bengal Movement Young Bengal Movement Religious Reform and Politics of Association Religious Reform and Politics of Association Women’s Question Women’s Question
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Birth of Civil Society in Calcutta The rise of New Elites The rise of New Elites The News Papers and the idea of Press Freedom The News Papers and the idea of Press Freedom Parthenon (1830), East India (1831), Enquirer (1831-34), Jnananvesan (1831-40), Hindu Pioneer (1835-40) and bengal spectator (1842-43). Parthenon (1830), East India (1831), Enquirer (1831-34), Jnananvesan (1831-40), Hindu Pioneer (1835-40) and bengal spectator (1842-43).bengal spectatorbengal spectator Vidayasagar (1820-1891), Women’s Question and the Idea of Indian Progress. Vidayasagar (1820-1891), Women’s Question and the Idea of Indian Progress.
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Colonial Response Rhetoric of Civilizing Mission and Conservative Practice Rhetoric of Civilizing Mission and Conservative Practice 1829 Abolition of Sati 1829 Abolition of Sati Widow Remarriage Act Widow Remarriage Act Agency in redefining the Society Agency in redefining the Society
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