The publication of Brahmo Dharma resulted in the famous "Removal of Caste Disabilities Act" of August 1850, and Brahmos
were free to establish their own religion and marry amongst themselves
without fear of disinheritance from ancestral property. At the 23
December 1850 annual meeting of Calcutta Brahmo Samaj, Debendranath
formally announced the Brahma Dharma as doctrine of the new
religion. This announcement resolving certain aspects of Hinduism in
Rammohun's doctrine also served to effectively separate Brahmoism from
Hinduism. |
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