Relevance of Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the father of modern India’s renaissance and a tireless social reformer who inaugurated the age of enlightenment and liberal reformist modernisation in India. He led the way in modernizing education in India and campaigned against superstition. He was instrumental in releasing women from a number of societal evils including Sati, polygamy, child marriage, and widow remarriage. He also pushed for widow remarriage and passionately supported women’s education. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a strong and logical thinker who provided innovative and integrative thought to light up the dim nineteenth-century. His contributions to social reform, women’s rights, and education in India and around the world are still very relevant today. The present volume comprises of 12 well written papers which highlight life sketch, contribution and relevance of Raja Ram Mohan Roy in contemporary India. We hope that the volume will be highly useful in understanding the contributions of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and his relevance in empowering women and transforming India. 

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