Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a 19th century Indian social reformer who was born in Bengal in 1772. He campaigned against social evils like sati and the caste system. He founded the Brahmo Samaj, a reformist movement within Hinduism, to promote social reform through a monotheistic interpretation of Hindu scriptures. He also supported women's education and rights. Raja Ram Mohan Roy is considered a pioneer of the Bengal Renaissance movement and was instrumental in the abolition of sati in India.

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2. INTRODUCTION
Raja Rammohan Roy has come to be called the
‘Maker of Modern India’. Without giving up
what was good and noble in the past, he laid
the foundations for a great future.

3. RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY
BIRTH DATE : May 22, 1772
MOTHER NAME :Tarini
FATHER NAME :Ramkanto Roy
VILLAGE : Radhanagar
DISTRICT : Hooghly
COUNTRY : Bengal
DEATH : September 27, 1833

4. BASIC INFORMATION ……..
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.

5. CONTINUOUS…..
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.
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6. CONTINUOUS….
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.

7. ATMIYA SABHA
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.

8. EDUCATION SUPPORT.
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.

9. BRAMHA SAMAJ
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 1829, the
Sati system was abolished.

10. DEATH OF RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY
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.