Who was Raja Rammohan Roy? Which association did he found?
Raja Rammohan Roy was social reformer. He was well versed in Sanskrit, Persian and several other Indian and European languages.
He founded a reform association known as the Brahmo Sabha (later known as the Brahmo Samaj) in Calcutta.
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When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance of property, etc.
Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices.
Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in 1929.
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How did Jyotirao, the reformer, justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?
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