Born: May 22, 1772 Died: September 27, 1833 Achievements: Founded Atmiya Sabha and Brahma Samaj. Played a key role in abolition and Sati. Fought for the rights of women.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy is known as the 'Maker of Modern India'. He
was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj, one of the first Indian
socio-religious reform movements. He played a major role in abolishing
the role of Sati. Raja Rammohan Roy was a great scholar and an
independent thinker. He advocated the study of English, Science,
Western Medicine and Technology. He was given the title 'Raja' by the
Mughal Emperor.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on May 22, 1772 in village Radhanagar
in the District of Hooghly in Bengal. His father Ramkanto Roy, was a
Vaishnavite, while his mother, Tarini, was from a Shakta background.
Raja Ram Mohun Roy was sent to Patna for higher studies. By the age of
fifteen, Raja Rammohun Roy had learnt Bangla, Persian, Arabic and
Sanskrit.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was against idol worship and orthodox Hindu
rituals. He stood firmly against all sort of social bigotry,
conservatism and superstitions. But his father was an orthodox Hindu
Brahmin. This led to differences between Raja Ram Mohan Roy and his
father. Following differences he left the house . He wandered around
Himalayas and went to Tibet. He traveled widely before returning home.
After his return Raja Ram Mohan Roy's family married him in the
hope that he would change. But this did not have any effect on him.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy went to Varanasi and studied the Vedas, the
Upanishads and Hindu philosophy deeply. When his father died in 1803 he
returned to Murshidabad. He then worked as a moneylender in Calcutta,
and from 1809 to 1814, he served in the Revenue Department of the East
India Company.
In 1814, Raja Ram Mohan Roy formed Atmiya Sabha. Atmiya Sabha
tried to initiate social and religious reforms in the society. Raja Ram
Mohan Roy campaigned for rights for women, including the right for
widows to remarry, and the right for women to hold property. He
actively opposed Sati system and the practice of polygamy.
He also supported education, particularly education of women. He
believed that English-language education was superior to the
traditional Indian education system, and he opposed the use of
government funds to support schools teaching Sanskrit. In 1822, he
founded a school based on English education.
In 1828, Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the 'Brahma Samaj'. Through
'Brahma Samaj, he wanted to expose the religious hypocrisies and check
the growing influence of Christianity on the Hindu society. Raja Ram
Mohan Roy's efforts bore fruit when in 1929, the Sati system was
abolished.
In November 1830 Ram Mohan Roy traveled to the United Kingdom as
an ambassador of the Mughal emperor to plead for his pension and
allowances. Raja Ram Mohan Roy passed away on September 27, 1833 at
Stapleton near Bristol due to meningitis.
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