Me and my team members tried to highlight on the life of Raja Ram Mohan Roy

1. WELCOME
TO OUR PRESENTATION

2. GROUP -G
1.Atia Tahsin Imami-1612
2. Sadia Afrin Kona – 1614
3. Faria Zaman Oiky-1597
4. Sadia Afroj Ananna-1613
5. Ayesha Siddika Ahona-1579

3. RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY

4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was an
Indian reformer who was also
the founder Brahmo Sabha.
He was given the title of ‘Raja’
by Mughal Emperor Akbar II.
By many historians , he was
given the title of ‘Father of
Indian Renaissance’.

5. Concepts
1. Early Life and Education
Career
2. Religious Reformation and
Brahmo Samaj
3. Social reformation and
Economic Contribution
4. Educational Reformation
and Literary Works

6. Early Life and Education Career
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on
22 May ,1772 in Hoogly .
• Father – Ramakanta Roy
• Mother- Tarini Devi
• A great scholar in English , Latin,
Greek , French and Tibetan.
• He started his career at British East
India Company.
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy is regarded as
one of the first modern Indians.*

7. Religious Reformation and Brahmo Samaj
• Maha Nirvana Tantra (Book of the Great Liberation)-
Created by Roy, Vidyavagish and Carey between
1706 and 1797.
• The Tuhfat-Ul-Muwahiddin (A gift to Monotheists) -
First work of Ram Mohan Roy - first published in
1803.
• The Atmiya Sabha (Society of Friends) - Founded by
Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1814. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
was against polytheism of Hinduism.
Bramho Samaj
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a founder of the Bramho
Sabha in 1828, which was engendered the Bramho
Samaj.
• Bramho Samaj was an influential social religious
reform movement of India .

8. Social reformation and
Economic Contribution
Raja Ram Mohan Attacked –
• Child marriage
• Illiteracy of women and the degraded state
of widows .
He was against the perceived of Hindu society
at that time .
He was against Sati Dah . He was motivated by
the experience of seeing his one sister-in-law
being forced to die by Sati .
Raja Ram Mohan Roy raised his voice for the
obligation of the East India Company’s trading
rights.

9. Educational Reformation and Literary
Works
• He founded the Anglo-Hindu College in
1822 ,which combined Indian and
Western education and the Vedanta
College in 1826 which offered instruction
in both Indian and European philosophy.
• He also helped to set up the Hindu
College in 1817, which was later become
the Presidency College , one of the best
Educational Institution of the country.

10. He published his revolutionary ideas in the form of literary
work such as :
* Tuhfat-ul-Muwahiddin * Mudaka Upanishad
* Vendata Grantha * Gaudiya Vyakaran
* Kathopanishad
Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded three journals.
• The Brahmanical magazine.
• The Bengali Weekly.
• Samvad Kaumudi.
* Persian Weekly – Murat-ul-Akbar.

11. He died in 1883 in Bristol ,England at age of 61. He
was buried in Arnos vale cemetery.
His legacy lives in the hearts and minds of Millions of Indians
and Bengalis who regard him as the Father of Indian
Renaissance.

12. Thank You