Role of raja ram mohan roy and the abolision of sati system in india – a study

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International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
7
Article ID: 
9693
4 pages
Research Article

Role of raja ram mohan roy and the abolision of sati system in india – a study

Priya Soman

Received 29th May, 2017; Received in revised form 07th June, 2017; Accepted 10th July, 2017; Published online 30th August, 2017

Copyright ©2017, Priya Soman. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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.

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