Raja Ram Mohan Roy 1772 – 1833
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a Bengali religious and social reformer and one of the founders of the Indian Renaissance of the nineteenth century. Educated in Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, and English and possessed of a deep knowledge of the religious scriptures of India, he founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828 to advance a reformed and rationalist Hindu monotheism in dialogue with Islam and Christianity. He campaigned against sati, against child marriage, and for the modern education of Indian women and men, and he is widely regarded as the father of modern India. He died in Bristol while serving as an emissary of the Mughal emperor.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Indian
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Indian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Raja Ram Mohan Roy:
“True religion is one, though it has many forms.”
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Attributed to Raja Ram Mohan Roy:
“Reason is the supreme criterion of religious truth.”
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Attributed to Raja Ram Mohan Roy:
“The customs of one age are not the duties of another.”
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Attributed to Raja Ram Mohan Roy:
“Education is the most powerful instrument for the reform of a nation.”
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Attributed to Raja Ram Mohan Roy:
“The dignity of women is the measure of the dignity of a society.”