The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1963 page)

, their woollen
rosaries
, style of worship, and greeting. He led resistance to the British authorities, prophesying a Sikh revival. N
mdh
r
s await his return to herald a new age, and thus, although non-N
mdh
r
s believe he died in 1885, N
mdh
r
s do not believe he has died.

 
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(1842–1901).
Indian lawyer and judge, who because of his keen powers of perception and analysis, became the leader of many social, political, industrial, and religious movements in Mah
r
ra. He regarded much in traditional Hinduism as destructive and enervating. He supported the Hindu widow's remarriage movement and started Pr
rthan
Sam
j at Bombay (Prayer Society, modelled on
Brahmo Sam
j
). He was a pioneer of reforming Hinduism, and of finding the inspiration within Hinduism for the reform of itself.