About raja rammohan Roy
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Born: August 14, 1774
Place of Birth: Radhanagar village, Hoogly district, Bengal Presidency (now West Bengal)
Parents: Ramakanta Roy (Father) and Tarini Devi (Mother)
Spouse: Uma Devi (3rd wife)
Children: Radhaprasad and Ramaprasad
Education: Persian and Urdu in Patna; Sanskrit in Varanasi; English in Kolkata
Movement: Bengal Renaissance
Religious Views: Hinduism (early life) and Brahmoism (later in life)
Publications: Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidinor A Gift to Monotheists (1905), Vedanta (1815), Ishopanishad (1816), Kathopanishad (1817), Moonduk Upanishad (1819), The Precepts of Jesus - Guide to Peace and Happiness (1820), Sambad Kaumudi - a Bengali newspaper (1821), Mirat-ul-Akbar - Persian journal (1822), Gaudiya Vyakaran (1826), Brahmapasona (1828), Brahmasangeet (1829) and The Universal Religion (1829).
Death: September 27, 1833
Place of death: Bristol, England
Memorial: Mausoleum at Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, England
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772 – 1833
Born in Radhanagar, Hooghly District, Bengal Presidency in May 1772 into an orthodox Bengali Hindu family.
Education of Ram Mohan – He was sent to Patna for higher studies where he studied Persian and Arabic. He read the Quran, the Arabic translation of the works of Plato and Aristotle and the works of Sufi mystic poets. By the age of fifteen, Raja Rammohun Roy had learnt Bangla, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit. He also knew Hindi and English.
He went to Varanasi and studied the Vedas, the Upanishads and Hindu philosophy deeply.
He studied Christianity and Islam as well.
At the age of sixteen, he wrote a rational critique of Hindu idol worship.
From 1809 to 1814, he served in the Revenue Department of the East India Company also worked as a personal Diwan to Woodforde and Digby.
From 1814 onwards he devoted his life to religious, social and political reforms.
In his address, entitled ‘Inaugurator of the Modern Age in India,’ Tagore referred to Ram Mohan as ‘a luminous star in the firmament of Indian history’.
He visited England as an ambassador of the Mughal king Akbar Shah II (father of Bahadur Shah) where he died of a disease. He died in September 1833 in Bristol, England.