comment on the work of Raja Ram Mohan Roy in improving the status of women ?
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Roy supported women's rights. He was known for his efforts to abolish Sati Pratha (Hindu funeral practice in which widows were compelled to sacrifice themselves with their husband's pyre) and child marriage.
Due to his unending efforts, Sati was declared illegal in 1829.
He also criticised caste system.
Roy studied Hindu philosophy in Varanasi deeply. By 15, he was proficient in Bangla, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Roy actively campaigned for women's rights at the time when women barely had rights.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy also attacked polygamy and was against the state of widows in our society at that time. He also advocated property inheritance rights for women.
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