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5 unusual facts about Ram Mohan Roy


Raja Rao

Returning to India in 1939, he edited with Iqbal Singh, Changing India, an anthology of modern Indian thought from Ram Mohan Roy to Jawaharlal Nehru.

Samachar Darpan

But conflict arose when Ram Mohan Roy wrote a book under the title The Precept of Jesus: The Guide To Peace And Happiness where he refuted the supernaturalism of Jesus but admired his moral teachings.

Sambad Kaumudi

Though Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay was nominally in charge of this weekly till the publication of its thirteenth issue, Ram Mohan was its promoter, and for all practical purposes, also its editor.

In the prospectus for the Sambad Kaumudi, published in English and Bengali in November 1821, Ram Mohan appealed to his countrymen to lend him "the support and patronage of all who feel themselves interested in the moral and intellectual improvement of our countrymen".

Although Ram Mohan Roy was the owner, Kaumudi was actually published in the name of Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay.


Kulin Brahmin

From 1822, over 500 secular Kulin Brahmins of Calcutta organised themselves into a vigilante force under legal experts like Ram Mohan Roy, Dwarkanath Tagore and Prasanna Coomar Tagore known as the Brahma Sabha to report and prosecute such offences.

Sanskrit College

This proposal encountered opposition from Raja Ram Mohan Roy on 11 December, who suggested that the Government should promote a more liberal system of education consisting of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Anatomy and other subjects of science by employing educated European teachers.


see also

Brahma Dharma

Brahmo Samaj or Brahmoism a Bengali religious movement by Ram Mohan Roy