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Quiz on RAMMOHAN ROY



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Ram Mohan Roy (14 August 1774 - 27 September 1833), was an Indian religious, social, and educational .

He challenged traditional culture and indicated the lines of progress for Indian society under rule.

He is sometimes called the "Maker of India".

He founded the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, which engendered the , an influential Indian socio-religious reform movement during the Bengal Renaissance.

He is known for his efforts to abolish , the Hindu funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre, and marriage.

He sought to Western culture with features of Indian traditions. He established to modernise a system of education in India.

Roy died in at Stapleton, Bristol, on 27 September 1833. The cause of his death was .

Ram Mohan Roy was married times.

Roy demanded property inheritance rights for .

Ram Mohan Roy's ideas of religion sought to create a fair and just society by implementing humanitarian practices similar to ideals and thus legitimise in the modern world.

Roy supported induction of learning into Indian education.

In 1822, Ram Mohan published Mirat-ul-Akbar in language.

He published newspaper to register his against the introduction of Press Ordinance of 1823. The ordinance stated that a from the Governor General in council would be mandatory to publish any newspaper.

He preached about the unity of God, made early translations of scriptures into English and co-founded the Calcutta Unitarian Society.