Which of the following reformers wrote ‘Stri Purush Tulana’?

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Which of the following reformers wrote ‘Stri Purush Tulana’?

  1. A.

    Pandita Ramabai

  2. B.

    Veerasalingam Pantulu

  3. C.

    Tarabai Shinde

  4. D.

    E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (Periyar)

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Correct answer: C

Concept: During the 19th-century socio-religious reform movement in colonial India, several reformers wrote tracts and books challenging patriarchal customs, caste hierarchy, and the unequal treatment of women. Identifying such a work means matching its title, language, and specific argument to the reformer who actually wrote it.

Application: 'Stri Purush Tulana' ('A Comparison of Men and Women') is a Marathi tract published in 1882 by Tarabai Shinde, a social reformer from Buldhana in present-day Maharashtra. She wrote it after a widow named Vijayalakshmi was publicly condemned for infanticide, to expose how Hindu society judged women's conduct far more harshly than men's for the same acts. It is considered one of the earliest published feminist critiques of patriarchy in India.

Cross-check: None of the other reformers listed authored this specific text — each has a distinct, well-documented body of work (see the option notes). Matching the exact title 'Stri Purush Tulana' to its author confirms Tarabai Shinde as the writer.

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