Brahmasamaj

• Brahma Samaj was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828 at Culcutta.

• He was born in Radhanagar in Bengal in 1774

• In 1825 he started Vendanta College.

• He founded Atmiya Sabha to propagate his monotheistic doctrine.

• The title of Raja was conferred upon him by Akbar Shah II, the Mugal Emperor

• He is known as the “Father of Indian Renaissance” and the “Prophet of Indian Nationalism”

• First to translate Bhagavat Gita to Bengali is Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

• His literary works are Tuhafat-Ul-Muwahidin , Manazarutul Adyan, Percepts of Jesus etc.

• In 1822 he founded Anglo Hindu School and Vedanta College in 1825.

• Ram Mohan was the First and one of the greatest champions of emancipation of Indian Women.