RAMMOHUN ROY PROPHET OF MODERN INDIA || SAJAL BASU

Rammohun Roy (1774-1833) was a synthesizer of tradition and modernisation in all spheres- education, language, law, human right, press freedom, women’s liberation. He stood firm both against the Hindu conservatives and western imitators.
As elaborated in the writings of great thinkers as Tagore, Sir Jagadish Bose, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Brajen Sil, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Biman Behari Majumdar, Soumyendra Nath Tagore, Sitanath Tattvabhushan, Humanyun Kabir. He was the first moderniser and reformer in India.
Rammohun’s revolutionary act of establishing Brahmo Samaj (1828), Anglo Bengali Hindu School (1823), Hindu College (1817), publishing bilingual magazine, Brahman samvad (1821), Sambad Kamudi in Bengali (1821), Mirat Akhar in Parsee (1822) initiated the process of modern education and modern thinking. He was a theoretician, social activist and a great moderator of science and religion. This anthology intend to reawaken readers’ source of identity and synthesis.