THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, introduced western education in India. He protested against the East India Company's decision to support vernacular education and insisted that English replace Sanskrit and Persian in India. He supported the induction of scientific learning and worked hard to promote western education in India. His efforts led to the establishment of the Hindu College at Calcutta in 1817.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of the Brahmo Sabha (later known as the Brahmo Samaj), was a great scholar and an independent thinker. He was a religious and social reformer and is known as the 'Father of Modern India' or 'Father of the Bengal Renaissance'.
Atmiya Sabha was founded by Ram Mohan Roy in 1815 in Kolkata (then Calcutta). It organised debates and discussions on philosophical topics, and promoted free and collective thinking and social reforms. The founding of Atmiya Sabha was considered to be the beginning of the modern age in Kolkata.
The chronology of the organizations established during British rule was Brahmo Samaj (1828). Paramhans Mandali (1849). Prarthana Samaj (1867) and Satyashodhak Samaj (1873). So it is clear that Brahmo Samaj (1828) was founded earlier than other organizations.
In 1875, Dayanand Saraswati (original name- Moolshankar) founded the Arya Samaj in Bombay, whose main objective was reviving the ancient Vedic religion. In 1877, the headquarters of Arya Samaj was established at Lahore, after which Arya Samaj got more publicity. Due to the belief in pure Vedic tradition, Swamiji gave the slogan 'Come again towards the Vedas'. Swami Dayanand Saraswati is called the 'Martin Luther King of India' because of his religious reform efforts. He wrote the book 'Satyarth Prakash'.