• Parampreet Kaur

This paper aims to discuss the contribution of the Dev Samaj towards the women education in the colonial Punjab. Pandit Shiv Narayan Agnihotri, the founder of the Dev Samaj Movement, was the supporter of the women education. He believed that the social and economic progress of the country was dependent on the progress of the women of the country. Like the Arya Samaj, the Dev Samaj also established a number of schools and colleges in the colonial Punjab especially for the women. Education imparted to the women should be rational and independent of the religious dogmas, and should inculcate qualities like obedience, reverence, gratitude, loyalty to the government, sympathy, charity, self-help, self-respect, social service and cleanliness. Moral education was given to the women so that they could become good wives and mothers. Physical training was the part of the curriculum. Dev Samaj tried to impart an education based on the western lines.

Education, Change, Socio-religious Reform Movements, Higher Education.

"CONTRIBUTION OF THE DEV SAMAJ TOWARDS THE WOMEN EDUCATION IN THE COLONIAL PUNJAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.g21-g32, July-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107733.pdf

"CONTRIBUTION OF THE DEV SAMAJ TOWARDS THE WOMEN EDUCATION IN THE COLONIAL PUNJAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no. ppg21-g32, July-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107733.pdf