Socio - Religious Reform Movements
ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS Socio - Religious Reform Movements Rammohan Roy (1772 - 1883) and Brahmo Samaj 1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy is known as the father of Modern India, ‘Herald of New Age’, ‘Bridge between Past and Future. ‘First Modern Man in India’ Father of Indian Renaissance, Pathfinder of his Century etc. 2. Believed in monotheism and opposed idol worship. 3. Established the ‘ Atmiya Sabha ’ in Calcutta in 1815 inorder to propagate monotheism and to fight against the evil customs and practices in Hinduism. 4. He got legitimisation to his views from Upanishads. 5. In 1821 he started a paper called Samvat Kaumudi . 6. In 1822 he started Mirat-ul-Akbar , which was the first journal in Persian. ...