deaths
September 27, 1833
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer (born 1772)
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was an Indian reformer and writer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a socio-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent. He has been dubbed the "Father of Indian Renaissance." He was given the title of Raja by Mughal emperor Akbar II.