Raja ram mohan rai biography of albert
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Raja Rammohun Roy: An Autobiographical Sketch
MY DEAR FRIEND,
In conformity with the wish, you have frequently expressed, that I should give you an outline of my life, I have now the pleasure to give you the following very brief sketch:-
My ancestors were Brahmins of a high order, and, from time immemorial, were devoted to the religious duties of their race, down to my fifth progenitor, who about one hundred and forty years ago gave up spiritual exercises for worldly pursuits and aggrandisement. His descendants ever since have followed his example, and, according to the usual fate of courtiers, with various success, sometimes rising to honour and sometimes falling; sometimes rich and sometimes poor; sometimes excelling in success, sometimes miserable through disappointment. But my maternal ancestors, being of the sacerdotal order by profession as well as by birth, and of a family than which none holds a higher rank in that profession, have up to the present day uniformly adhered
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This Company Painting (a painting made by an Indian artist for the British in India) is a portrait of the Hindu reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772-1833). He came from a distinguished Brahmin family in Bengal. He entered the service of the East India Company and rose to high office, but eventually left to devote his time to the service of his people. Profoundly influenced by European liberalism, Ram Mohan came to the conclusion that Hinduism needed to be radically reformed. He preached equality for women and was active in the abolition of sati (widow burning). Ram Mohan came to England in 1831 as the ambassador of the Mughal emperor Akbar Shah II. On another visit to England he was taken ill with meningitis. He died on 27 September 1833 in Bristol, where he is buried. A statue of him was unveiled there in 1997.
Sir Robert Nathan, who bequeathed the portrait to the V&A, probably purchased it from Muhammad Hussain, a judge of the Small Cause Court in Delhi. Nath
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a social reformer that brought about many important changes in India. Learn about his life and accomplishments in this essay.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in May 1772 in the Hooghly District of the Bengal Presidency. He was a religious and social reformer that paved the way for progress in Indian society.
Born in British-ruled Bengal, Ram Mohan Roy was well accustomed to the laws and regulations placed on the citizens of the Indian community during the time.
He was also acutely aware of the many superstitions and absurd religious practices in the subcontinent. Roy was born into an orthodox Hindu family, yet unorthodox religious ideas were a part of his life early on. He studied the Vedas and the Upanishads, as well as the Quran and the Bible.
Roy travelled widely and could speak several languages, including Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian. Ram Mohan Roy was much ahead of his time and envisioned a progressive and prosperous India. He i