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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a Bengali social-religious reformer who founded the Brahmo Samaj and campaigned against sati and other practices in early nineteenth-century India.
- Why is Raja Ram Mohan Roy called the 'father of modern India'?
- What was Roy's specific role in the abolition of sati?
- How does the Brahmo Samaj differ from the Arya Samaj?
- Who conferred the title 'Raja' on Ram Mohan Roy?

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1. 20 August 1828

   The institutional culmination of Roy's theology was the founding of the Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta on , initially constituted as the Brahmo Sabha.

2. 4 December 1829

   His campaign against sati (the immolation of widows) combined scriptural argument—he marshalled textual evidence that the practice lacked sanction in the fou…

3. 27 September 1833

   He died of meningitis at Stapleton, near Bristol, on , and is buried at Arnos Vale Cemetery, where a chhatri was later erected by Dwarkanath Tagore.

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In 1829, lobbying by Raja Ram Mohan Roy helped persuade Governor-General Lord William Bentinck to enact Regulation XVII, criminalising the practice of sati across the Bengal Presidency.

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