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Raja Ram Mohan Roy Jayanti 2025: Odisha and Bengal CMs pay tribute – know history, significance, and more

Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Jayanti 2025: This day serves as a tribute to his pioneering efforts in driving the Bengal Renaissance and laying the foundation for modern Indian society

Raja Ram Mohan Roy Jayanti 2025: All you need to know (Wikipedia COmmons)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s Birth Anniversary 2025: Raja Ram Mohan Roy Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of Ram Mohan Roy, India’s most influential social and religious reformer of the 19th century.

Renowned as the Father of the Indian Renaissance, Roy played a significant role in advocating for social, religious, and educational reforms, which shaped and paved the way for modern India.

READ: Raja Ram Mohan Roy: ‘The apostle of a religious revival’

In 1814, he founded the Atmiya Sabha (Society of Friends) to promote philosophical conversations about the concept of monotheism in Vedanta and the battle against idolatry, casteism, child marriage, Sati, and other social problems, while promoting widow remarriage.

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Roy used his journal Sambad Kaumudi, his writings in the Bengal press, and the formation of various sabhas (associations) to mobilise public opinion and promote reformist ideas, aiming to transform entrenched social norms and practices.

Through these platforms, he advocated for the abolition of regressive customs such as sati, child marriage, and the rigid caste system, while also championing women’s rights, education, and rational religious thinking.

Born on May 22, 1772, in Radhanagar, Hooghly District, then Bengal Presidency, in 2025, we will be marking Roy’s 253rd birth anniversary, falling on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

This day serves as a tribute to his pioneering efforts in driving the Bengal Renaissance and laying the foundation for modern Indian society

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Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi paid tributes to Raja Ram Mohan Roy on the social reformer’s birth anniversary, recalling Roy’s fight against orthodoxy and religious discrimination.

Tribute to visionary reformer and pioneer of modern Indian society, #RajaRamMohanRoy on his birth anniversary. His relentless efforts towards social justice, women’s empowerment, and education continue to inspire generations. pic.twitter.com/BhvLkOpJyW

— Mohan Charan Majhi (@MohanMOdisha) May 22, 2025

Furthermore, Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, also expressed tributes to social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy on his birth anniversary, describing him as a pioneer figure in Indian modernism.

I pay my humble tributes today, on his birthday, to Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the pioneer figure of Indian modernity and the great social reformer.

Ram Mohan was the first major figure of the Indian Renaissance and a visionary for enlightened and nationalist India. We remember him…

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 22, 2025

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