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Social reformer of India. Any society is made up of different and varied types of individuals ; People of different religions , different castes , different colors , different genders , different beliefs etc. and expects them all to live in harmony and without discrimination ; An ideal situation is when there is equality , liberty and fraternity in all the elements of the society. However , human societies around the world find that various types of exploitative practices are prevalent ; These practices arose out of human greed for power , authority and superiority ; As the so called upper castes will exploit the so called lower castes ; A white would use a black ; Men want to dominate women ; A follower of one religion will lower the status of another religion , etc. These discriminatory and exploitative practices further turn into social evils and become a blot on the face of any civilized society. In the history of every country, there are innumerable such brilliant individuals who have worked for the progress and upliftment of the downtrodden in the society ; Due to his efforts it was possible to eradicate many social evils like casteism , sati system etc. In this book we will study the life and works of various great social reformers of India ; Let us try to understand what is social evil , its causes , who are the social reformers , etc.