There were various superstitions, which were proving to be hindrance in the progress of a person. Rammohan had completely discarded such customs. At that time Oceans were considered Brahmins according to the religious books. So many people started worshipping the oceans, but when somebody went overseas, he was considered a sinner. One hundred and fifty […]

Once Rammohan went to France but he was not given the permission to enter France. From there he came to England but felt severely ill. He was hospitalised. In hospital, he felt that India would shine among all the Asian countries. He had written a letter to the French foreign minister which was as follows:‘‘Respected

Rammohan believed that ‘freedom is every body’s basic right. The person would only be satisfied who is free. If some one tries to snatch away some one freedom, then he commits a severe crime. This would be a daring crime in the eyes of the Creator who has sent that person on earth. The followers

Brahmo Samaj played a very important role in transforming the Indian society.When Brahmo Samaj was established at that time trafficking of girls took place. Some people even brutally killed the girls. Brahmo Samaj had started a strong revolution against these kinds of social evils. Because of these efforts, it was able to bring an end

Seeing Rammohan’s efforts of making the people aware, missionaries desired of limiting Rammohan from doing so. To punish him, the missionaries closed the doors of the ‘Mission Press’ for him forever. Before this, they had also criticised his books in one way or the other. When he was writing articles about the evils of the

In his book, Rammohan had compiled all the moral and spiritual teachings of Jesus Christ. In that book there was no mention of any soot of a miracle.Rammohan had said that Jesus Christ had no divine powers. This furied the Christians and they began to criticise him, because they also believed in following the rituals

Rammohan was very much sure that he would succeed in modernising India. This success was only a dream for him for now. To make this dream come true, he strongly accepted the criticisms.History has it that all the social reformists had to face the criticisms of their opponents. Then also they did not lose hope.

Rammohan wanted India to lead towards the path of development. For this it was necessary to gather supporters. By this, he wanted to make people aware of his views. He wanted to transform the society through education. Those days, there were Sanskrit schools for the education of the Hindus. There education was imparted by keeping

In 1823 Rammohan demanded freedom of press from the High Court. These days, only the responsible people of the British rule had the freedom of press. Rammohan had the desire of strengthening the constitutional government by fulfilling this demand.His main aim was to get the newspapers delivered to the hands of the backward classes, so

Many social reform movements were taking place to eliminate all the superstitions prevailing in the Indian society because of this many organisations were set up. One of these was Brahmo Samaj, which was started in 1818 by Rammohan. Brahmo Samaj had a firm belief in the Vedas and the Upanishads. The disciples of this Samaj

Rammohan had never forgotten his mission. He remembered how his sister-in-law was burnt along with the dead body of his brother. His eyes got wet when he remembered this episode.In 1815 he established the spiritual sabha. This was established in Calcutta. Debates on Sati Pratha took place often in this sabha.The most daring aspect of

To build modern India, Rammohan had acquired the knowledge of English language. He wrote many books in English language. Those who read his books, appreciated his writing skills. After reading his books, Benthem wrote—‘‘If your book would not have a Hindu name of the author, I would certainly have thought of it being written by

Rammohan had an earnest desire to learn various languages spoken in different parts of India. In this way, he wanted the dream of modern India come true. To provide his motherland a higher status around the world Rammohan wanted to acquire various kinds of viewpoints. That is why, he chose the English culture because at

In Hindu society people used to worship various gods and goddesses. Some worshipped Shankar, others Hanuman. Some worshipped Durga, others Kali. Even today, the same situations prevailing in the Hindu society. Hindus don’t believe in one God only that is why there are as many gods and goddesses worshipped as there are various sections in

Rammohan got his primary education at home. After that he was admitted to a village school. After his superb innings at school, he made up his mind to go to Patna. In Patna he wanted to get higher education in Arabic and Persian languages, because these languages were mostly used in the royal court. In