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Women’s movement in India emerged as a part of the social reform movement in the nineteenth century when individual reformers and organizations initiated efforts towards social reform. It was a period of Enlightenment marked by intense social reform activities. It is natural that one of the many subjects, the reformers and thinkers of this period touched was the women’s question. They focused on the condition of women as reflected the degenerate state of Indian Society as a whole and took conscious action to change the situation. It stimulated the movement for social reform. Raja Ram Mohan Ray’s efforts for the abolition of the custom of sati marked the beginning of this movement. It was followed by a galaxy of reformers who raised their voices against various restrictions imposed on women.