Social Movements/Organisations and their founders

Movement/Organisation	Founder
Vanmahotsav	KM Munshi
Saryodaya, Bhoodan	Acharya Vinobha Bhave
Chipko	Sunderlal Bahaguna
Servants of India Society	GK Gokhale
Servants of People Society	Lala Lajpat Rai
Servants of God or Khudai Khidmatgar	Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Gyan Prasarak Mandali	Dadabhai Naoroji
Theosophical Society	Madame H. P. Blavatsky
Missionaries of Charity	Mother Teresa
Home Rule Movement	Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar
Narmada Bachao	Medha Patkar
Prarthana Samaj	RG Bhandarkar & MG Ranade
Arya Samaj	Dayanand Saraswati (Guj)
Brahmo Samaj	Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Self-respect Movement	EV Ramaswamy Naicker
Tattvabodhini Sabha	Debendranath Tagore
Sadbhavna ke Sipahi	Sunil Datt
Satyasodhak Samaj	Jyotiba Phule (Mah)
Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam	Shri Narayaana Guru
Bahiskrit Hitkarni Sabha	Dr BR Ambedkar
Dev Samaj (an atheistic movement)	Swami Satyanand Agnihotri
Aligarh movement	Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh	Dr Baliram Hedgewar
Abhinav Bharat	Vir Savarkar
Sulabh International	Dr Bindeshwar Pathak
Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan	Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
Red Cross	JH Dunant
Scouts	Baden Powell
Guides	Lady Agnes Baden Powell
Amnesty International	Peter Benenson
Transparency International	Peter Eigen
Back to the Vedas slogan was given by Swami Dayanand Saraswati. He also started the Shuddhi movement and brought back to Hinduism many people who had embraced Islam or Christianity. (D.A.V – Dayanand Anglo Vernacular)