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Fill in the blanks with proper alternatives:

(a) The book ‘Stree-Purush Tulana’ was written by ……………..


(Savitribai Phule, Ramabai Ranade, Tarabai Shinde)


(b) The Anath Balikashram for the education of widowed girls was founded by………………….


(Pandita Ramabai, Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve, Periyar Ramaswamy Naikar)


(c) The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College was established by …………………………..


(Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan, Badruddin Tayyabji, Abdul Latif)

(a) The book ‘Stree-Purush Tulana’ was written by Tarabai Shinde.


Tarabai came from a rural Marathi family in the Budhana region. She worked for the recognition of the rights of women.


(b) The Anath Balikashram for the education of widowed girls was founded by Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve.


The Anath Balikashram was founded for the education of widowed girls. The efforts of its founder resulted in the establishment of the first Women’s University in the twentieth century.


(c) The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College was established by Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan.


Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan, advocating Western education and science as important for progress, strongly opposed the ignorance, superstitions and evil customs present in the Muslim society. The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College later came to be converted into the Aligarh Muslim University.


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