RAJA RAM MOHAN

ROY
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.
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.