What social ideas did the following people support?

Rammohun Roy

Dayanand Saraswati

Veerasalingam Pantulu

Jyotirao Phule

Pandita Ramabai

Periyar

Mumtaz Ali

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Rammohun Roy

Spread of Western education

Reforming Hinduism

Greater freedom and equality for women

Upliftment of widows

Campaigned against the practise of sati

Critical of caste inequalities

Dayanand Saraswati

Reforming Hinduism

Supported widow remarriage

Education for girls

Veerasalingam Pantulu

Supported widow remarriage

Jyotirao Phule

Education for girls

Critical of the caste system

Critical of all forms of inequality

Pandita Ramabai

Critical of the treatment of upper-caste Hindu women and widows

Periyar

Campaigned against caste and social inequalities

Critical of Hindu scriptures

Mumtaz Ali

Promoting women’s education

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Supported widow remarriage

Education for girls

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