Raja Rammohan Roy: A Harbinger of Indian Liberalism
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Ram Mohan Roy's impact on modern Indian philosophy was a revival of the pure and ethical-principles of the Vedanta school of philosophy as found in the Upanishads. He preached the unity-of God, made early translations of Vedic scriptures into English, co-founded the Calcutta Unitarian Society and founded the Brahma Samaj. The Brahma Samaj played a major role in-reforming and modernizing the Indian society. He successfully campaigned against sati, the practice of burning widows. He sought to integrate Western culture with the best features of his own-country's traditions. He established a number of schools to popularize a modern system (effectively replacing Sanskrit based education with English based education) of education in India. He promoted a rational, ethical, non-authoritarian, and social-reform Hinduism. The contribution of Raja Ram Mohan Roy as a social reformer is unparalleled. His efforts to protest Hinduism and Indian-rights and his closeness with the British government earned him the title "The Father of the Indian-Renaissance”.
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