During the period of the British Supremacy efforts were made for the social reforms in the following direction:
1. The British created a favourable atmosphere through administrative, judicial, economic, religious and educational changes and motivated the people in the right direction.
2. Social reformers like Swami Vivekanand and Swami Dayanand Saraswati played a major role in curbing the social evils.
3. Between 1919-1947 the social reforms became a part of the political movement.