Search results
Karsandas Mulji (25 July 1832 – 28 August 1871) was a journalist, social reformer and administrator. He was an alumnus of Elphinstone college and an English-educated Gujarati journalist with an acute dislike for institutional religious authority and a penchant for reading Christian sermons.
Jul 1, 2024 · Maharaj, a biopic on Karsandas Mulji, a journalist and a social reformer, is currently streaming on Netflix. Mulji gained fame and notoriety after he accused a religious leader of sexual impropriety.
Jun 17, 2024 · Karsandas Mulji, a prominent social reformer and journalist from colonial Bombay, was mentored by the renowned scholar-leader Dadabhai Naoroji. Before starting The Satya Prakash, Mulji contributed to the Anglo-Gujarati paper of Dadabhai Naoroji, Rast Goftar.
Jul 23, 2021 · Karsandas Mulji, a contemporary of Dadabhai Naoroji, was one of the pioneer Indian social reformers working for the cause of women emancipation. In 1850s-60s, Mulji was a prominent member of the “ Bombay intelligentsia ” in conflict with the “merchant aristocracy” over social issues.
Jun 25, 2024 · Karsandas Mulji was a reformist journalist and social critic who was associated with the Gujarati press. An advocate for social reforms, he was known to criticise practices he deemed corrupt or immoral within religious institutions.
Jun 14, 2024 · Born in 1832, Karsandas Mulji was a Gujarati language journalist and social reformative writer who was renounced by his family because of his liberal views on widow remarriage which were alien to his time.
Oct 31, 2023 · Karsandas Mulji, a journalist, author, and social reformer, made significant contributions to society in mid-19th century Bombay and Gujarat. Within his brief 39-year lifespan, he founded several magazines and successfully defended himself in the famous Maharaj Libel Case of 1862 at the Supreme Court of Bombay.
Jul 4, 2024 · Karsandas Mulji: The Real-Life Indian Social Reformer. ‘Maharaj,’ directed by Malhotra P. Siddharth, finds its origins in the real life of Karsandas Mulji, particularly his infamous conflict with Jadunathjee Brajratanjee Maharaj, that manifested in the 1862 Maharaj Libel Case.
Karsandas Mulji Age, Death, Biography. On 21 October 1860, he published an article titled 'Hinduo No Asli Dharam Ane Atyar Na Pakhandi Mato' (The Primitive Religion of the Hindus and the Present Heterodox Opinions) in which he criticised Vaishnava Acharyas (Hindu religious leaders).
One such reformer was Karsandas Mulji, an English-educated reformer who was the editor of the Satyaprakash newspaper. Mulji came from an orthodox Pushtimarg merchant family who were highly respected in Bombay society; however Karsandas was disowned for his reformist views and had to drop out of Elphinstone College .
