RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY

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RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY
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• RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY WAS THE PROMINENT SOCIAL
  REFORMERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
• HE ESTABLISHED BRAHMO SAMAJ IN 1828 A.D AT
  CALCUTTA IN ORDER TO PURIFY HINDUISM AND TO
  PREACH MONOTHEISM.
• THE SAMAJ UNDER WAS BASED ON THE TWIN PILLARS OF
  REASON AND ANCIENT HINDU SCRIPTURES(VEDAS AND
  UPANISHADS) AND INCORPORATED THE BEST TEACHINGS
  OF OTHER RELIGIONS AS WELL.
• HE CHAMPIONED THE WOMEN REIGHTS LIKE RIGHT OF
  INHERITENCE AN PROPERTY,WIDOW REMARRIAGE,FEMALE
  EDUCATION ETC..
• HE ATTACKED POLYGAMY,CHILD MARRIAGE,FEMALE
  FEOTICIDE,SATI AND THE DEGRADED STATUS OF WOMEN.
• HE ALSO ATTACKED THE CASTE SYSTEM AND RELIGIOUS
  ORTHODOXY.
• HE ALSO FOUGHT FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF
  MODERN EDUCATION THROUGH THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH
  EDUCATION.

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• HE BELIEVED IN THE UNIFICATION OF THE DIVERGENT
  GROUPS OF INDIAN SOCIETY TO BRING ABOUT NATIONAL
  CONSCIOUSNESS IN INDIA.
• THE BRAHMO SAMAJ ESTABLISHED BY HIM ALSO
  INITIATED THE PUBLIC AGITATION ON POLITICAL
  QUESTIONS LIKE THE NEED FOR REFORMS IN BRITISH
  ADMINISTRATION,TARDE AND ECONOMIC POLICY ETC.
• THE OTHER PIONEERS OF THE BRAHMO SAMAJ INCLUDE
  DEBENDRA NATH TAGORE AND K.C. SEN .THE LATTER
  AFTER SECESSION FORMED BRAHMO SAMAJ OF INDIA IN
  1866 A.D.