Encyclopaedia on Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Raja Rammohan Roy has come to be called the 'Maker of Modem India'. Without giving up what was good and noble in the past, he laid the foundations for a great future. He put an end to the horrible custom of burning the living wife with the dead husband. He was a great scholar and an independent thinker. He advocated the study of English, Science, Western Medicine and Technology. He spent his money on a college to promote these studies. He stood firmly against all sort of social bigotry, conserva