| Atmiya Sabha (1815) | Raja Rammohun Roy |
| Brahmo Samaj (1828) | Raja Rammohun Roy. |
| Tattvabodhini Sabha (1839). Later merged with | Mahrishi Devendranath Tagore. |
| Brahmo Samaj in 1842 | |
| Indian national Social Conference | M.G. Ranade |
| Harijan Sevak Sangh | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Satya Shodhak Samaj (1873) | Jyotirao Phule (fight caste oppression) |
| Shri Narayana Dharma Partiplana Yogama | Shri Narayan Guru (fight caste oppression) |
| South Indian Liberal Federation (later became | T. Teagaraja & T.M. Nair (Self respect) |
| justice party & then Dravida Kazhagam) | |
| Prarthana Samaj (1867) | Atma Ram Pandurang |
| Arya Samaj (1875) | Swami Dayanand |
| Servants of India Society (1905) | Gopal Krishna Gokhale (Rejected Knighthood) |
| Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha (1893 at | Chapekar Brothers – Damodar & Balakrishna. |
| Nasik) | |
| Abhinav Bharat | V.D. Savarkar |
| New India Association | V.D. Savarkar |
| Anushilan Samiti | Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P. |
| Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya & Bhupendra Dutta | |
| Patriotic Association | Sayyid Ahmad Khan |
| Muhammad Anglo-Oriental Defence Association | Sayyid Ahmad Khan |
| Bahiskrit Hitkarni Sabha (1924) | B.R. Ambedkar |
| Akhil Bharatiya Dalit Varg Sabha | B.R. Ambedkar |