Congress’s social-reform arm faced staunch conservative opposition in 1887

Evidence

7 The (Indian National) Social Conference was founded by Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842–1901) in 1887, two years after the founding of the Indian National Congress. It was meant to serve as the social arm of the Congress, and it focused mainly on women’s uplift. Conservative leaders like B.G. Tilak were staunchly opposed to even the mild reforms suggested by votaries of the Social Conference. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1034

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

Related

• Tilak’s anti-reform allies drove the Social Conference from Congress grounds in 1895 (similarity 0.81)
• The National Congress and the Social Conference began as complementary wings (similarity 0.79)
• The Indian National Congress was once twinned with a Social Conference tackling caste reform. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The welfare state’s success provoked conservative opposition to reverse it #expands (0.35) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1060