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  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. None of the Above
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Option 3 : Both 1 and 2

The Correct Answer is Option 3 i.e. Both 1 and 2. 

  • Religious reform began among the Parsis in Mumbai in the middle of the 19th century.
  • In 1851, the Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha or Religious Reform Association was founded by Nauroji Furdonji,  Dadabhai Naoroji, S.S. Bengalee and others. Hence Statement 1 is Correct.
  • They started a journal Rast Goftar, for the purpose of social-religious reforms among the Parsis.
  • They also played an important role in the spread of education, specially among girls.
  • They campaigned against the entrenched orthodoxy in the religious field and initiated the modernization of Parsi social customs regarding the education of girls marriage and the social position of women in general.
  • It did considerable efforts for the purification of Zoroastrian religion which was being prejudiced by Hindu elements like child marriages, polygamy, separate dining of men and women and use of nirang for sterilizing customs. Hence Statement 2 is Correct.
  • In course of time, the Parsis became socially the most westernized section of Indian society.
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