Raja Ram Mohan Roy (22 May 1772 – 27 September 1833).
He was the founder of the Brahmo Sabha movement in 1828, which engendered the Brahmo Samaj, an influential socio-religious reform movement..
Ram Mohan influence was apparent in the fields of politics, public administration and education.Raja was known for his efforts to establish the abolishment of the practice of sati,Hindu funeral practice in which the widow was compelled to sacrifice herself in her husband’s funeral pyre in some parts of Bengal(South East Asia)
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