Which indian individuals responded to the ideas coming from revolutionary france
Answers
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the father of Indian Renaissance and Tipu sultan, the king of Mysore were Indian individuals who responded to the ideas coming from revolutionary France. These two Indian leaders were inspired by the ideals of nationalism and social equality of French Revolution. They were also influenced by democratic rights and right to liberty of French Revolution.
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Explanation:
The French Revolution inspired the idea of freedom, equality, revolution, socialism, and nationalism among many all around the world.
In India, it sowed the seeds of independence and social equality among people like Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Ram Mohan Roy often found ways to unite the traditional Hinduism with western socialism. He was impressed with the western thoughts of individual freedom and rights and started questioning oppressive social behaviors. He was a keen observer and observed the political changes happening in Europe, especially the French Revolution and the revolutionary and reformatory changes it brought to the people. He, in fact, had visited France in the aftermath of the French Revolution to visualize the changes by himself.
French Revolution sowed the seeds of revolutionary social thoughts and led Ram Mohan Roy to start the Bengal Renaissance, which was a great socio-cultural movement in India which brought about great reforms in education and socio-cultural aspects of Bengal.
The Brahmo Samaj and various other social organizations also had the basic inputs from the French Revolution.