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Ram Mohan Roy

1772 - 1833

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy (22 May 1772 – 27 September 1833) was an Indian reformer and writer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a socio-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent. He has been dubbed the "Father of Indian Renaissance." He was given the title of Raja by Mughal emperor Akbar II (r. 1806–1837). His influence was apparent in the fields of politics, public administration, education and religion. He was known for his efforts to abolish the practices of sati and child marriage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ram Mohan Roy is the 179th most popular philosopher (up from 313th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from India (up from 89th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Ram Mohan Roy was an Indian reformer and scholar who was instrumental in the social and religious reform movements of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was a key figure in the Bengal Renaissance, and has been called "the father of the Hindu Renaissance".

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ram Mohan Roy ranks 179 out of 1,267. Before him are Thomas Reid, Mikhail Bakhtin, Posidonius, Marquis de Condorcet, Hippias, and Jean Buridan. After him are Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Carl Schmitt, Cesare Beccaria, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Claude Adrien Helvétius, and Jean Baudrillard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Ram Mohan Roy ranks 7. Before him are David Ricardo, Novalis, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Friedrich Schlegel, Charles Fourier, and William I of the Netherlands. After him are Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Nachman of Breslov, and Tarrare. Among people deceased in 1833, Ram Mohan Roy ranks 4. Before him are Nicéphore Niépce, Kaspar Hauser, and Ferdinand VII of Spain. After him are Marie-Antoine Carême, Richard Trevithick, Adrien-Marie Legendre, Seraphim of Sarov, Pierre André Latreille, Oliver Wolcott Jr., William Wilberforce, and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ram Mohan Roy ranks 52 out of 1,861. Before him are Aryabhata (476), Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Jaggi Vasudev (1957), Raja Ravi Varma (1848), Aishwarya Rai (1973), and Hyder Ali (1720). After him are Sariputta (-568), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), Kabir (1440), Ajatashatru (-500), Salman Rushdie (1947), and Alauddin Khalji (1266).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Ram Mohan Roy ranks 9. Before him are Ramakrishna (1836), Nagarjuna (150), Padmasambhava (717), Buddhaghosa (401), Adi Shankara (788), and Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895). After him are Kabir (1440), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Ramana Maharshi (1879), and Vyasa (-390).

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