Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in 1772 in West Bengal and was deeply influenced by Hindu and Islamic religious beliefs in his early life through his education. He became a writer, reformer, and founder of the Brahmo Samaj who worked to end practices like sati and promote religious tolerance. Some of his most important publications included translations of Hindu scriptures and founding the first Bengali newspaper called Sambad Kaumudi. He passed away in 1833 after a lifetime of promoting social reform and modernization in India.

1.  * Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Was born in a brahim
family of Radhanagar
village in the Hoogly
District of west bengal on
22nd may 1772. He was
deeply influnced by the
religious life of his parents
during the early stage of
his life.His education in
bengali,sanskrit,persian
and muslim religious
beliefs equipped him with
first hand knowledge of
Hindusim and Islam .

2. *He was not a king {raja} in the literal sense.The
ceremonial Mughal Monarch of Delhi
bestowed the Raja Title upon him.
*He was a writter,educationist,
journalist,philospher,politician,social
Reformer,Theologian and Humanist.

3. * When he was hardly 15,he wrote a pamphlet in
bengali language .In which he denounced idol
worship.The result was that He was turned out
from his family and he had to live in Exile from
1805 to 1814,He was in the service of East India
Company........

4. *In 1805 He published tuhfat-ul-mowahhidin {a
gift to monothiesm }-written in persian with an
introduction in Arabic in which he preached
unity Of god
* This publication antagonished a section of
Muslim Community.....

5. • In 1809 he was appointed a revenue officer in
the company and was posted in Rampur.
• He is created with first introducing the word
“Hinduism”into the English language in 1816.
• Roy retired from the company service in 1814
and Published in first book of prose called
vedantsar in 1815.
• In 1921 He Published his first Bengali
Newspaper-Sambad Kaumdi

6. • In august 1828 rammohan roy-inauguarted his
brahma sabha .which formed into a chruch in
1830 {chruch of brahma }.
* Rammohan’s attack on the hindu religious
idology, rituals,caste system and criminal “
suttie{-daho} system of burning alive of
widows in the funeral pyre of their husbands.

7. • Ram mohan roy composed a large number of
Bengali Songs{hymns}called Brahma sangeet
that are still popular in Bramha Churches.
• Roy published journals in
english,Hindi,Persian,and Bengali........ His
most popular journal was the sambad
kaumudi.it covered topics like freedom of
press,induction of indians into high ranks of
service,and separation of the executive and
judiciary.

8.  He published several works of translationfrom the vedas and upanished
including translation of several principal Books,passages,and texts of the
vedas (1832).
 **the Major Publiction during this period :-
• Vedantasara 1815
• Translation of an abridgment of the vedant 1816
• Ishopanished 1816
• Kothopanished 1817
• A defence of the hindu theism 1920
• A second conference ,1820(the case of women rights)
• The percepts of jesus-guide to peace and happiness 1820
• Sambad kaumudi-a bengali newspapar 1821
• Mirat-ul-akbar-persian journel 1822
• Padari sisya sambad (bengali satire)1823
• Bengali grammer 1826
• Bramapasona 1828
• Brahmasangeet 1829 and
• The universal religion 1829......

9.  Raja ram mohan roy died on september 27th
1833.