Raja Ram Mohan Roy and the Abolition of Sati System in India

Priya Soman, Guest Lecturer Faculty, Department Of History, Christian College, Chengannur, Kerala (State), India. 

ABSTRACT 

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was hailed as the father of Indian Renaissance. Nineteenth Century India witnessed a remarkable transformation in the Social ideas in the History of India. Age old ‘Sati system’, ie, burning of Widow in her dead husband’s funeral pyre which existed in India was abolished due to the effort of Raja Ram Mohan Roy He was the founder of Brahmo samaj and he also played a vital role in the abolition of Polygamy and Child marriage in India. 

KEYWORDS 

Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sati System, Brahma Samaj, Lord William Bentick, Samavadkaumud.

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