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GS Paper 1: Syllabus:Modern Indian History Significant events, issues, personalities. Context: The 250th Birth Anniversary of About Raja Ram Mohan Roy: • He is popularly remembered as the father of Indian renaissance. • He was born on 22 May, 1772 in Radhanagar (Bengal Presidency). • He represented Akbar II in England where he pleaded for his pension and allowances. Akbar II awarded him the title ‘Raja’. Social Contributions: Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a crusader of women rights. • He stood against the practice of The Abolition of Satis Act, 1829 , was a result of R.R Mohan Roy’s efforts. • He pleaded for the right of inheritance and property for women. • He fought against polygamy and child marriage which were prevalent back then. • He supported women education as he believed that only education would fetch women equal social status with men. Organisations he is associated with: • Started Atmiya Sabha in 1814 in order to crusade against idol worship, meaningless rituals and superstitious beliefs. He spreaded the monotheistic ideals. • In 1817, along with David Hare, he founded the Hindu College at Calcutta. • The Calcutta Unitarian Committee, jointly founded by William Adam and Rammohun Roy in September 1821, sought to bring together prominent Brahmins who were friends of Roy’s and supporters of his agenda for the promotion of religious monotheism and social reform. • He created the ‘Brahma Sabha’ in 1828 (set up with Debendranath Tagore). • In 1822, he set up the Anglo-Hindu...

The Brahmo Samaj (Brahma Samāj) or the Society of the Worshippers of Brahma ( Brahman), the Supreme Being, began as a private association of brahmin (the highest varna of the Hindu society) intellectuals discoursing on and searching for the essence of Hindu religion. It evolved from a private club named Society of Friends or Atmiya Sabha founded by Rammohan Roy (1772–1833) in 1816 in Calcutta. This tiny body of educated men mostly from elite brahmin families of early colonial Bengal evolved into the Brahmo Samaj as a modernized and reformed Hindu religion or Brahmoism. But it was never a unified single brotherhood of like-minded men. On the other hand, it was an association that underwent tangled, vexing but vibrant, phases of transformation from an antiquarian and purely spiritual body into a socio-spiritual organization and then regressed into mysticism and apolitical and asocial quiescence. It was led, inevitably, to its subsequent obsolescence under the impact of rising... Keywords • Brahmo Samaj • Keshab • Rammohan • Trinitarian Christianity • Theistic Church These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. • Asitabha D (2010) Raja Rammohan Roy creator of the new Indian age. Readers Service, Kolkata • Sastri S (1912) History of the Brahmo Samaj. Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, Kolkata • Collet SD (1962) In: Biswas DK (ed) The life and letters of Raja Rammohun Roy, 3rd e...

Q. In which year, Raja Ram Mohan Roy established the “Atmiya Sabha” a precursor in the socio-religious reforms in Bengal? Answer: [B] 1815 Notes: Atmiya Sabha was started by Ram Mohan Roy in 1815 in Kolkata. The organization used to debate on philosophical topics. The establishment of the organization is considered as beginning of the modern age in Kolkata. 2 The above question is part of 35000+ General Studies MCQ Series Course on GKToday Android app.

Explanation : In 1815, Raja Ram Mohan Roy established the Atmiya Sabha, a precursor in the socio-religious reforms in Bengal. To propagate the monotheistic doctrine of Hindu scriptures, he founded the Atmiya Sabha (1815-19). The main activity of the Sabha was conducting discussion and debate sessions on monotheistic Hindu Vedantism and similar subjects. In 1828, he established the Brahmo Sabha, later the Brahmo Samaj.

Solution(By Examveda Team) Atmiya Sabha was a philosophical discussion circle in India. The association was started by Ram Mohan Roy in 1815 in Kolkata (then Calcutta). They used to conduct debate and discussion sessions on philosophical topics, and also used to promote free and collective thinking and social reform.

Life • Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on 22 May 1772 in an orthodox Brahman family at Radhanagar in Bengal. • Ram Mohan Roy’s early education included the study of Persian and Arabic at Patna where he read the Quran, the works of Sufi mystic poets and the Arabic translation of the works of Plato and Aristotle. In Benaras, he studied Sanskrit and read Vedas and Upnishads. • Returning to his village, at the age of sixteen, he wrote a rational critique of Hindu idol worship. • From 1803 to 1814, he worked for East India Company as the personal diwan first of Woodforde and then of Digby. • In 1814, he resigned from his job and moved to Calcutta in order to devote his life to religious, social and political reforms. • In November 1830, he sailed for England to be present there to counteract the possible nullification of the Act banning Sati. • Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of ‘Raja’ by the titular Mughal Emperor of Delhi, Akbar II whose grievances the former was to present before the British king. • In his address, entitled ‘Inaugurator of the Modern Age in India,’ Tagore referred to Ram Mohan as ‘a luminous star in the firmament of Indian history’. Ideology • Ram Mohan Roy was greatly influenced by western modern thought and stressed on rationalism and modern scientific approach. • Ram Mohan Roy’s immediate problematique was the religious and social degeneration of his native Bengal. • He believed that religious orthodoxies have become causes of injury and detrimental to soci...

Regarding Raja Ram Mohan Roy, consider the following statements: 1. Atmiya Sabha was founded by Debendranath Tagore which was later re-established and renamed as Brahmo Samaj by Rammohan Roy.2. Brahmo Samaj preached polytheism.3. He helped William Bentinck to declare the practice of sati a punishable offence.4. He did not favour inter-caste marriages.Select the correct answer using the codes below,a) 1 and 3 onlyb) 3 onlyc) 2 and 4 onlyd) 1,2, 3 and 4Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? | EduRev UPSC Question • The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, in 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. • The Society organised many campaigns to promote education, sanitation, health care and fight the social evils of untouchability and discrimination, alcoholism, poverty, oppression of women and domestic abuse. • The publication of The Hitavada, the organ of the Society in English from Nagpur, commenced in 1911. Consider the following statements regarding Government of India Act, 1935.1. It had an provision for establishment of an all India Federation.2. Federal Court was established to solve dispute between centre and state.3. Federal court was established as the apex court for final decisions regarding all civil and criminal cases.4. Dyarchy was introduced at the centre.Select the correct statement/s using the codes given below Consider the following statements regarding ‘Antarctic Treaty’ One of the objective is to establish it as a zone free of ...

GS Paper 1: Syllabus:Modern Indian History Significant events, issues, personalities. Context: The 250th Birth Anniversary of About Raja Ram Mohan Roy: • He is popularly remembered as the father of Indian renaissance. • He was born on 22 May, 1772 in Radhanagar (Bengal Presidency). • He represented Akbar II in England where he pleaded for his pension and allowances. Akbar II awarded him the title ‘Raja’. Social Contributions: Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a crusader of women rights. • He stood against the practice of The Abolition of Satis Act, 1829 , was a result of R.R Mohan Roy’s efforts. • He pleaded for the right of inheritance and property for women. • He fought against polygamy and child marriage which were prevalent back then. • He supported women education as he believed that only education would fetch women equal social status with men. Organisations he is associated with: • Started Atmiya Sabha in 1814 in order to crusade against idol worship, meaningless rituals and superstitious beliefs. He spreaded the monotheistic ideals. • In 1817, along with David Hare, he founded the Hindu College at Calcutta. • The Calcutta Unitarian Committee, jointly founded by William Adam and Rammohun Roy in September 1821, sought to bring together prominent Brahmins who were friends of Roy’s and supporters of his agenda for the promotion of religious monotheism and social reform. • He created the ‘Brahma Sabha’ in 1828 (set up with Debendranath Tagore). • In 1822, he set up the Anglo-Hindu...

Life • Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on 22 May 1772 in an orthodox Brahman family at Radhanagar in Bengal. • Ram Mohan Roy’s early education included the study of Persian and Arabic at Patna where he read the Quran, the works of Sufi mystic poets and the Arabic translation of the works of Plato and Aristotle. In Benaras, he studied Sanskrit and read Vedas and Upnishads. • Returning to his village, at the age of sixteen, he wrote a rational critique of Hindu idol worship. • From 1803 to 1814, he worked for East India Company as the personal diwan first of Woodforde and then of Digby. • In 1814, he resigned from his job and moved to Calcutta in order to devote his life to religious, social and political reforms. • In November 1830, he sailed for England to be present there to counteract the possible nullification of the Act banning Sati. • Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of ‘Raja’ by the titular Mughal Emperor of Delhi, Akbar II whose grievances the former was to present before the British king. • In his address, entitled ‘Inaugurator of the Modern Age in India,’ Tagore referred to Ram Mohan as ‘a luminous star in the firmament of Indian history’. Ideology • Ram Mohan Roy was greatly influenced by western modern thought and stressed on rationalism and modern scientific approach. • Ram Mohan Roy’s immediate problematique was the religious and social degeneration of his native Bengal. • He believed that religious orthodoxies have become causes of injury and detrimental to soci...

Solution(By Examveda Team) Atmiya Sabha was a philosophical discussion circle in India. The association was started by Ram Mohan Roy in 1815 in Kolkata (then Calcutta). They used to conduct debate and discussion sessions on philosophical topics, and also used to promote free and collective thinking and social reform.