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| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Brahmo Samaj | 1828, Ram Mohan Roy, Calcutta; monotheism, anti-sati, widow remarriage |
| Sati Abolition | 1829, Regulation XVII, Bentinck; Ram Mohan Roy's campaign |
| Widow Remarriage Act | 1856, Dalhousie; Vidyasagar's campaign, 25,000 signatures, Parasara Smriti argument |
| Prarthana Samaj | 1867, Atmaram Pandurang, Bombay; Brahmo-inspired; Ranade, Bhandarkar |
| Arya Samaj | 10 April 1875, Dayananda Saraswati, Bombay; Vedic infallibility, shuddhi, anti-caste by birth |
| MAO College Aligarh | 1875, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan; Western education for Muslims; became AMU 1920 |
| Theosophical Society | 17 November 1875, Blavatsky + Olcott, New York; Adyar (Chennai) from 1882 |
| Satyashodhak Samaj | 1873, Jyotirao Phule, Pune; anti-Brahminism; first girls' school (1848) |
| Ramakrishna Mission | 1 May 1897, Swami Vivekananda, Belur Math; Vedanta + social service |
| Chicago speech | 11 September 1893, Vivekananda; "Sisters and Brothers of America"; Parliament of World's Religions |
| Annie Besant | Home Rule League (1916); INC president 1917 (first woman); edited New India |
| Deoband seminary | 1867, Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi; traditional Islamic education independent of British |
| Mahad Satyagraha | March 1927, Ambedkar; Dalits' right to drink from public tank in Mahad, Maharashtra |
| Manu Smriti burning | December 1927, Ambedkar; symbolic rejection of caste scripture |
| Ambedkar's Buddhism | 14 October 1956, Nagpur; 500,000 followers converted; largest mass religious conversion in history |