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Dance drama based on the life of Raja Ram Mohan Roy to be organized under the theme ‘Nari Samman’ on Central Vista

Highlights

• He was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj and Atmiya Sabha
• He was given the title of Raja by Akbar II, the Mughal emperor.
• Roy was known for his efforts to abolish the practices of sati and child marriage.
• He is considered to be the “Father of the Bengal Renaissance” by many historians.
• He wrote Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin (A Gift to Monotheists) in Persian with an introduction in Arabic.
• Newspaper : A Persian paper called Mirat-ul-Akbar

                        Popular journal was the Sambad Kaumudi       

• Educationist: In collaboration with David Hare, he set up the Hindu College at Calcutta.
  • Roy found the Anglo-Hindu school, followed four years later (1826) by the Vedanta College; insisted that his teachings of monotheistic doctrines be incorporated with “modern, western curriculum.