Previous Year Question
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?
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
Statement 1 is incorrect: The Calcutta Unitarian Committee was jointly founded by Rammohun Roy and William Adam in September 1821. Dwarkanath Tagore was also a member of its founding committee. Keshab Chandra Sen was born in 1838 and, therefore, could not have been associated with its establishment.
Statement 2 is correct: On 24 January 1868, Keshab Chandra Sen laid the foundation stone of his new place of worship—the Tabernacle of New Dispensation. The new temple was established on 22 August 1869 and represented his universalist religious outlook.
Statement 3 is correct: After returning from England, Keshab Chandra Sen formed the Indian Reform Association in November 1870. Its principal fields were charity, temperance, improvement of women’s conditions, mass education through the mother tongue and inexpensive reading material. It operated girls’ schools, adult night schools, vocational-training institutions and medical centres. Sen also began publishing the inexpensive weekly Sulabha Samachar.
Therefore, Keshab Chandra Sen was associated with the establishment of 2 and 3 only.