Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a pioneering 19th-century Indian social and religious reformer, often called the "Father of Modern India," known for his efforts to abolish sati and promote education, women's rights, and religious rationalism.

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy canonical 8
Ram Mohan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian nationalist
intellectual
person
religious reformer
social reformer
advocated English-language education
abolition of sati
modern Western education
widow remarriage
women’s inheritance rights
birthDate 1772-05-22
birthPlace Bengal Presidency
British India
Hooghly district
Radhanagar
burialPlace Arnos Vale Cemetery
Bristol
causeOfDeath meningitis
countryOfCitizenship India
deathDate 1833-09-27
deathPlace Bristol
England
employer British East India Company
surface form: East India Company
era 19th century
ethnicGroup Bengali
founded Atmiya Sabha
Brahmo Samaj
surface form: Brahmo Sabha
fullName Raja Ram Mohan Roy self-link
givenName Raja Ram Mohan Roy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ram Mohan
honorificTitle Raja
influenced Brahmo Samaj
Indian renaissance
surface form: Indian Renaissance

modern Indian nationalism
influencedBy Unitarianism
surface form: Christian Unitarianism

Islamic monotheism
Upanishads
knownFor advocacy of women’s rights
campaign against sati
founding the Brahmo Sabha
journalism in Indian languages
opposition to idolatry
promoting modern education in India
promotion of monotheism
religious rationalism
languageSpoken Arabic
Bengali
English
Hindi
Persian
Sanskrit
movement Bengali Renaissance
surface form: Bengal Renaissance

Indian social reform movement
nationality Indian
notableWork Mirat-ul-Akbar
Sambad Kaumudi
Translations of the Upanishads
Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin
occupation civil servant
journalist
religious reformer
scholar
social reformer
translator
opposed caste discrimination
child marriage
polygamy
region Bengal
religion Hinduism
title Father of Modern India
Maker of Modern India
workedOn Indian representation in British governance
freedom of the press in India
reform of Hindu religious practices

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Bengal Presidency significantPerson Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Bengali Renaissance notableFigure Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Raja Ram Mohan Roy fullName Raja Ram Mohan Roy self-link
Raja Ram Mohan Roy givenName Raja Ram Mohan Roy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ram Mohan
Brahmo Samaj foundedBy Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Brahmo Samaj inspiredBy Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Brahmo Samaj hasKeyFigure Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Keshab Chandra Sen influencedBy Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Lord William Bentinck supportedBy Raja Ram Mohan Roy