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“The first point to note is the continuing importance of religion and philosophy as vital ingredients in the modern Indian Renaissance. Indeed, there is as much reason for regarding it as a reformation as there is for treating it as a Renaissance.” Critically examine.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Areas

The nineteenth-century intellectual awakening in India is often labelled a Renaissance, yet the label sits uneasily on a movement that never abandoned the religious idiom even as it modernised.

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  • The Continuing Centrality of Religion and Philosophy
  • The Case for "Renaissance"
  • The Case for "Reformation"
  • Reconciling the Two Readings

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