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Critically examine the following statement: “In the early twentieth century, there came into existence a number of women’s organisations, which operated more actively in the public arena and focused more directly on women’s political and legal rights.”

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  • Rise of Gandhi and the Gandhian Era

This marks a real shift from the 19th-century pattern where male reformers (Ram Mohan Roy, Vidyasagar) legislated for women, to women's own organisations claiming public political space.

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