Question

Small Speech On Ram Mohan Roy?

Answer 1

Raja Ram Mohan Roy' was born on 22nd May, 1772 in the village Radhanagar, Hooghly, Bengal, India. His father was Ramkanto Roy, who was a Vaishnavite. His mother's name was Tarini. Raja Ram Mohan Roy took his higher education at Patna, India. He had learnt several languages as Bangla, Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit only by the age of fifteen.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was against idol worship. After differences with his father, he left the house. Raja Ram Mohan Roy wandered around Himalayas and went to Tibet. He went to Varanasi and studied the Vedas, the Upnishads and Hindu philosphy deeply. He passed away on 27th September, 1833.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of 'Brahmo Samaj'. He is known as the 'Maker of Modern India'. He played a major role in abolishing the role of Sati. He was a great scholar and an independent thinker. He was given the title 'Raja' by the Mughal Emperor Akbar.

Answer 2

Raja Ram Mohan Roy, a great reformer, thinker, so much ahead of his times, one of the makers of modern India, a versatile personality and the founder of the Brahma-Samaj was born on 22nd May, 1772 in Radhanagar, a village in West Bengal.

When this so remarkable man was born there was an all-round decline in all walks of life. The law and order was in shambles, moral values, social concerns and religious institutions were at their lowest and the economy in a chaos. It was a time when the whole country was drowned in many superstitions, dead and useless rituals and caste, creed, and religious narrowness reigned supreme. It was a time when women were looked upon as helpless creatures worthy only to be confined to homes and hearths.

Raja Ram Mohan RoyRam Mohan Roy came with his scientific temper, broad outlook, championship of freedom, liberal and fundamental reforms and harbinger of equality and humanism. He thought differently and much ahead of his times. His ideas, ideals and practices helped a lot in the reawakening and renaissance in the country.

His dynamism and personal charismatic charm made people in thousand to rally behind him for fundamental reforms in religion, society, politics, education and personal life. He virtually caused to dawn a new era of enlightenment and reawakening.

Ram Mohan Roy’s father, Rama Kant Roy was a wealthy landlord. He sent his son Ram Mohan to the village school for his elementary education where the young boy learnt Arabic and Persian besides his mother tongue Bengali.

He took much interest in learning and studies. Later he was sent to Patna which was then a great centre of education and teaching. Here he studied the holy Koran and Sufi saints. The Islamic philosophy of equality and monotheism impressed him greatly.

These studies broadened the mental horizon of the young student to a great extent and he began to look at different religions with great respect and reverence. Besides Hinduism and Islam he also studied Jainism, Buddhism and Christianity seriously. During his visit to Tibet for a few years he studied Buddhist religious texts and other relevant material.

When he returned to Varanasi from Tibet, he devoted himself to the study of Sanskrit, the ancient Indian language so rich in all respects. His study of Vedanta and Upanishads further strengthened his belief in monotheism and one God. When he came and started living at Murshidabad, he wrote a book entitled “Tuhfat-ul-Muwa-dabad (A Gift from the Monotheists) in 1803.

It was in Persian language. Here he highlighted the importance of religion as an instrument of mutual love and affection among all fellow living beings. Later he joined the Civil Service of the East India Company and worked as an assistant revenue officer in Ramgarh.