<P> The Indian Reform Association was formed on 29 October 1870 with Keshub Chunder Sen as president . It represented the secular side of the Brahmo Samaj and included many who did not belong to the Brahmo Samaj . The objective was to put into practice some of the ideas Sen was exposed to during his visit to Great Britain . </P> <P> David Kopf says that Sen was enthusiastic about the Unitarian social gospel, which he observed first hand during his trip abroad . He seemed convinced that the reform efforts he witnessed in Britain could be duplicated in India . The Indian Reform Association was formed to promote "the social and moral reformation of the natives of India ." </P>

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