Young Bengal movement

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The Young Bengal movement was a radical 19th-century intellectual and social reform movement in colonial Bengal, led by Western-educated youth who challenged orthodox Hindu traditions and promoted rationalism and liberal ideas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Young Bengal movement canonical 8
Young Bengal group 1

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Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century movement ⓘ
intellectual movement ⓘ
radical movement ⓘ
social reform movement ⓘ
activePeriod 1820s ⓘ
1830s ⓘ
1840s ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Calcutta University ⓘ
Hindu College, Calcutta ⓘ
basedIn Calcutta ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
criticized Brahminical dominance ⓘ
religious orthodoxy ⓘ
superstition ⓘ
hasPart Derozians ⓘ
inception 1820s ⓘ
influenced Bengal Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Bengali Renaissance

Indian social reformers ⓘ
early Indian nationalism ⓘ
influencedBy British liberalism ⓘ
English literature ⓘ
Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
leader Henry Louis Vivian Derozio ⓘ
legacy contributed to modernization of Bengali society ⓘ
precursor to later reform movements in Bengal ⓘ
location Bengal ⓘ
British India ⓘ
member Anandaram Dhekial Phukan ⓘ
Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee ⓘ
Derozians ⓘ
Gobinda Chandra Basak ⓘ
Krishna Mohan Banerjee ⓘ
Peary Chand Mitra ⓘ
Radhanath Sikdar ⓘ
Ramtanu Lahiri ⓘ
Rasik Krishna Mallick ⓘ
notableFor formation of radical student circles ⓘ
public debates on religion and society ⓘ
use of English education to challenge tradition ⓘ
opposed caste system ⓘ
child marriage ⓘ
idol worship ⓘ
orthodox Hindu social practices ⓘ
polygamy ⓘ
partOf Bengal Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Bengali Renaissance
promoted free thought ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
individual rights ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
scientific outlook ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
social equality ⓘ
women's education ⓘ
religiousStance advocated deism and agnosticism ⓘ
skeptical of organized religion ⓘ
timePeriod British colonial period in India ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengali Renaissance → associatedOrganization → Young Bengal movement ⓘ
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio → movement → Young Bengal movement ⓘ
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio → influenced → Young Bengal movement ⓘ
Derozians → associatedWith → Young Bengal movement ⓘ
Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee → movement → Young Bengal movement ⓘ
Peary Chand Mitra → movement → Young Bengal movement ⓘ
Hindu College, Calcutta → associatedMovement → Young Bengal movement ⓘ
Krishna Mohan Banerjee → movement → Young Bengal movement ⓘ
Krishna Mohan Banerjee → memberOf → Young Bengal group ⓘ
linked to: Young Bengal movement