Shuddhi Movement was initiated by:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Arya Samaj
In the 1920s and early 1930s the Arya Samaj tried to bring back to the Hindu fold (shuddhi) those who had recently converted to Islam.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Understanding Partition’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “3.1 Culminating point of a long history? … Communal identities were consolidated by a host of other developments in the early twentieth century. During the 1920s and early 1930s tension grew around a number of issues. Muslims were angered by ‘music-before-mosque’, by the cow protection movement, and by the efforts of the Arya Samaj to bring back to the Hindu fold (shuddhi) those who had recently converted to Islam.…” |