Raja ram mohan rai biography of abraham

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on 22nd May, 1772, in Radhanagar, district Burdwan, West Bengal. He was an educational reformer, a socialist reformer and a religious reformer too. He challenged and transformed Hindu culture on his own new lines. He is called ‘The father of Modern India’ and maker of Modern India too. He fryst vatten also famously known as "Father of the Bengal Renaissance." His domain and his fields include social work, religion, public ledning and politics. He was a philosopher, a thinker and a strategist. He advocated education especially Medicine, Science and Technology and English. He founded Brahmo Samaj and seriously advocated abolition of Sati. Through Brahmo Samaj, he wanted to expose the religious hypocrisies. He fought for the rights of women. He did not believe in Idol Worship and all those rituals which are superstitious and doesn’t have any scientific base or proof.

Childhood

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born, in a high ranking Brahmin family,

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1. INDIAN HERITAGE &CULTURE

2. 2  CONTENTS  EARLY LIFE  EDUCATION  CONTRIBUTIONS - EDUCATION *WOMEN - SOCIAL - RELIGION *BRAMHA SAMAJ - JOURNALS  DEATH

3. RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY (1772-1833) 3

4. 4  Born: August 14, 1772  Place of Birth: Radhanagar by, Hoogly district, Bengal Presidency (now West Bengal)  Parents: Ramakanta Roy (Father) and Tarini Devi (Mother)  Education: Persian and Urdu in Patna; Sanskrit in Varanasi; English in Kolkata  Religious Views: Hinduism (early life) and Brahmoism (later in life)  Death: September 27, 1833  Place of death: Bristol, England  Memorial: Museum at Kolkata  EARLY LIFE

5.  The museum consists of sketches, photographs, paintings and excerpts from the writings of Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

6. 6  The Raja, who has a statue in his honour outside Bristol Cathedral, died in the city in 1833 of meningitis.

7. 7  EDUCATION He got Bengali and Sanskrit education from the village school.  After

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In India, the 19th and 20th centuries are recognized as the century of social reforms, which resulted in a kind of 'renaissance.' It refers to people's social and cultural resurrections as a result of the western concept of rationality and liberty, and fairness. The word renaissance literally means "rebirth" or "revival." It refers to a European movement that aimed to put an end to the dark period of the Middle Ages and its anti-progressive views. Individualism, material liberation, self-expression, and a more stable economic system succeeded them. The renaissance in India began in Bengal and subsequently extended throughout the country. Intellectuals and reformers introduced numerous social-religious movements influenced by western thought with the arrival of the Renaissance in India, and it also prompted the study of English literature, philosophies, and historical works.

Raja Rammohan Roy, a social reformer, was a key figure in India's cultura