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    Raja Ram Mohan Roy was an influential 19th century Indian social reformer who is known as the "Father of the Bengal Renaissance". He fought against social ills in Hindu society such as sati, child marriage, and the caste system. He established the Brahmo Samaj in 1828 to promote rational thinking and social reform through education. Some of his major accomplishments included successfully advocating for the banning of sati and establishing schools that taught Western scientific concepts. He translated important Hindu scriptures and started newspapers that spread social reform messages. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a pioneering figure who advocated for women's rights and education, and greatly influenced the social reform movements in 19th century India.

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    Raja Ram Mohan Roy was an influential 19th century Indian social reformer who is known as the "Father of the Bengal Renaissance". He fought against social ills in Hindu society such as sati, child marriage, and the caste system. He established the Brahmo Samaj in 1828 to promote rational thinking and social reform through education. Some of his major accomplishments included successfully advocating for the banning of sati and establishing schools that taught Western scientific concepts. He translated important Hindu scriptures and started newspapers that spread social reform messages. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a pioneering figure who advocated for women's rights and education, and greatly influenced the social reform movements in 19th century India.

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    Raja Ram Mohan Roy was an influential 19th century Indian social reformer who is known as the "Father of the Bengal Renaissance". He fought against social ills in Hindu society such as sati, child marriage, and the caste system. He established the Brahmo Samaj in 1828 to promote rational thinking and social reform through education. Some of his major accomplishments included successfully advocating for the banning of sati and establishing schools that taught Western scientific concepts. He translated important Hindu scriptures and started newspapers that spread social reform messages. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a pioneering figure who advocated for women's rights and education, and greatly influenced the social reform movements in 19th century India.

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    UPSC Civil Services Examination

    UPSC Notes [GS-I]

    Topic: Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Indian Social Reformer [NCERT Notes]
    NCERT notes on important topics for the UPSC civil services exam. These notes will also be useful for other
    competitive exams like banking PO, SSC, state civil services exams and so on. This article talks about Raja
    Ram Mohan Roy – Indian Social Reformer.

    Raja Ram Mohan Roy Essay


    Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772 – 1833)
    Facts

     Born in Radhanagar, Hooghly District, Bengal Presidency in May 1772 into a Bengali Hindu family.
     He is known as the ‘Father of Modern India’ or ‘Father of the Bengal Renaissance’.
     He was a religious and social reformer.
     Widely known for his role in the abolition of the practice of Sati.
     He was a scholar and knew Sanskrit, Persian, Hindi, Bengali, English and Arabic.
     He fought against the perceived ills of Hindu society at that time.
     Propagated Western education among Indians.
     Formed the Brahmo Samaj in 1828.
     Worked for the East India Company as a clerk.
     He died in September 1833 in Bristol, England.

    Raja Ram Mohan Roy Contribution


    Work and ideology

     He was opposed to Sati, polygamy, child marriage, idolatry, the caste system, and propagated
    widow remarriage.
     He stressed on rationalism and modern scientific approach.
     He believed in social equality of all human beings.
     He started many schools to educate Indians in Western scientific education in English.
     He was against the perceived polytheism of Hinduism. He advocated monotheism as given in the
    scriptures.
     He studied Christianity and Islam as well.
     He translated the Vedas and five of the Upanishads into Bengali.
     He started the Sambad Kaumudi, a Bengali weekly newspaper which regularly denounced Sati as
    barbaric and against the tenets of Hinduism.
     In 1828, he founded the Brahmo Sabha which was later renamed Brahmo Samaj. He had also
    founded the Atmiya Sabha.
     Brahmo Samaj’s chief aim was worship of the eternal god. It was against priesthood, rituals and
    sacrifices. It focused on prayers, meditation and reading of the scriptures.
     It was the first intellectual reform movement in modern India where social evils then practiced where
    condemned and efforts made to remove them from society.
     It led to the emergence of rationalism and enlightenment in India which indirectly contributed to the
    nationalist movement.
     The Brahmo Samaj believed in the unity of all religions.
     He worked for the improvement in the position of women. He advocated widow remarriage and
    education of women.
     His efforts led to the abolition of Sati in 1829 by Lord William Bentinck, the then Governor-General of
    India.
     He was a true humanist and democrat.
     He also spoke against the unjust policies of the British government especially the restrictions on
    press freedom.
     Raja Ram Mohan Roy and his Brahmo Samaj played a vital role in awakening Indian society to the
    pressing issues plaguing society at that time and also was the forerunner of all social, religious and
    political movements that happened in the country since.
     He visited England as an ambassador of the Mughal king Akbar Shah II (father of Bahadur Shah)
    where he died of a disease. He was awarded the title ‘Raja’ by Akbar II.

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