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Ram Mohan Roy

Indian social reformer and founder of the Brahmo Samaj

Did you know?He is widely celebrated for his campaign to abolish sati and is often called the father of modern India.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy (Bengali pronunciation:; 22 May 1772 – 27 September 1833) was an Indian social reformer and writer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a socio-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent.

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