Also known as the 'Father of Modern India', 'Maker of Modern India’, 'Pioneer of Indian Journalism', Roy fought against the practice of 'Sati' and caste differences.
On the 246th birth anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Google Doodle remembered the father of Indian Renaissance on Tuesday. A great social and religious reformer, Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a visionary who lived during one of India's darkest social phases. Also known as the 'Father of Modern India', 'Maker of Modern India’, 'Pioneer of Indian Journalism', Roy fought against the practice of 'Sati' that required a widow to immolate herself at the pyre of her husband and caste differences.
Roy was born into a high-ranking Bengali Brahmin family in West Bengal on May 22, 1772 to Ramakanto Roy and Tarini Devi.
In 1828, Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj, an influential movement that united Brahmos, a group of people who are against Idol worship and caste discrimination that propagated the oneness of god.
Roy founded Atmiya Sabha in 1815 to propagate his doctrines of monotheistic Hinduism. Roy was also a staunch supporter of the freedom of press. He published articles in different languages including English, Hindi, Persian and Bengali. Atmiya Sabha used to publish a weekly called ''Bengal Gazette', a news paper in Persian called 'Miratul-Akbar' and a Bengali weekly called 'Sambad Kaumudi'.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy died on September 27, 1833 in Bristol due to meningitis.
He was deeply disturbed when his sister-in-law was forcibly burned alive by his family on her husband's funeral pyre. Three years later, he retired and concentrated on campaigning against the practice of Sati. He visited cremation grounds to keep an eye on the people who forced women to commit Sati at their husband's pyre.
It was largely due to the efforts of Raja Ram Mohan Roy that the practice of Sati was banned by the British in 1829.
In 1830 he travelled to England as an ambassador of the Mughals.
The title 'Raja' was bestowed upon him by the Mughal Emperor Akbar II in 1831.
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