GK
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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Ashoka
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Krishna Deva Raya
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Swami Vivekananda
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Detailed explanation-1: -Raja Ram Mohan Roy campaigned against the caste system, untouchability, superstitions and use of intoxicants. He attacked child marriage, polygamy, illiteracy of women and the degraded state of widows. He fought against the perceived ills of Hindu society at that time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Social reforms: Raja Ram Mohan Roy conceived reformist religious associations as instruments of social and political transformation. He founded the Atmiya Sabha in 1815, the Calcutta Unitarian Association in 1821, and the Brahmo Sabha in 1828 which later became the Brahmo Samaj.
Detailed explanation-3: -Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the social reformer, who started working for ban on sati. It was because of his efforts that, William Bentinck, the Governor-General of India, passed a law in 1829 making the practices of Sati illegal & punishable by law.