GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who of the following was the biographer of Raja Rammohan Roy?
A
Armstrong
B
Mary Carpenter
C
David Havel
D
Lawrence
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The most authentic reconstruction of Rammohan Roy’s life was by historian and Bengali literary critic, Brajendranath Bandopadhyay (b. 1891 – d.

Detailed explanation-2: -After his father’s death in 1803 he published his first book-Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin (A Gift to Monotheism). In August 1828, he founded the Brahmo Samaj, an influential social-religious reform movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sambad Kaumudi (Bengali: ) was a Bengali weekly newspaper published from Kolkata in the first half of the 19th century by Ram Mohan Roy. It was a noted pro-Reformist publication that actively campaigned for the abolition(stop) of the Sati Pratha.

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