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See also:RAM MOHAN See also:ROY (1774–1833) , See also:Indian religious reformer, and founder of the Brahma Samaj (q.v.) or Theistic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, was See also:born at Radhanagar, in the See also:district of See also:Hugli, See also:Bengal, in May 1774. He was the son of a small landowner, and in his See also:early See also:life acquired a knowledge of See also:Persian, Arabic and See also:Sanskrit, besides his own See also:vernacular, See also:Bengali. At the See also:age of sixteen he first assailed See also:idolatry in his Bengali See also:work, entitled The Idolatrous Religious See also:System of the See also:Hindus. This gave offence to his orthodox See also:father, and Ram Mohan See also:left See also:home and spent some years in travel. At the age of twenty-two he began his study of the See also:English See also:language, and he also acquired a knowledge of other See also:modern and See also:ancient See also:European See also:languages. On the See also:death of his father he obtained an See also:appointment under the See also:British See also:government in 1800, from which he retired in 1814, settled down in See also:Calcutta, and devoted himself to religious reform. He had already inaugurated a circle for discussing the absurdities of idol See also:worship, and published a striking See also:book in Persian called Tuhfat-al-Muwahhidd:n (" A See also:Gift to Monotheists "). On his See also:settlement in Calcutta he established a little friendly society (Atmiya Sabha), which met weekly to read the See also:Hindu scriptures and to See also:chant monotheistic See also:hymns. In 182o he issued a selection from the See also:Christian Gospels entitled The Precepts of Jesus the See also:Guide to See also:Peace and Happiness. He also wrote Bengali See also:works on the Vedanta See also:philosophy, translated some of the Upanishads, entered into controversies with Christian missionaries, and on the 23rd of See also:January 183o definitely established the Brahma Samaj " for the worship and See also:adoration of the Eternal, Unsearchable, Immutable Being who is the Author and Preserver of the Universe." He gave his support to the See also:governor-See also:general, See also:Lord See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Bentinck, for the abolition of the See also:suttee rite, i.e. the See also:custom of permitting Hindu widows to See also:burn themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands. He also worked hard to spread See also:education among his See also:fellow-countrymen, and to improve the quality and the See also:prestige of the native See also:press. In 183o the See also:emperor of See also:Delhi bestowed on Ram Mohan the See also:title of See also:raja, and sent him to See also:England as his See also:agent. Raja Ram Mohan Roy gave his See also:evidence before the Select See also:Committee of the See also:House of See also:Commons on the judicial and See also:revenue systems of See also:India. He presented petitions to the House of Commons in support of the abolition of the suttee rite, and had the See also:satisfaction of being See also:present in the House when the See also:appeal against such abolition was rejected on the rrth of See also:July 1832. As the first educated and eminent Indian who had come to England, he received a cordial welcome from learned men; and See also:Bentham addressed him as an " intensely admired and dearly beloved collaborator in the service of mankind." Ram Mohan also visited See also:France and contemplated a voyage to See also:America, but a sudden attack of See also:brain See also:fever led to his death on the 27th of See also:September 1833. He was buried at See also:Bristol, where a See also:tomb was erected by his friend Dwarka Nath Tagore.
End of Article: RAM MOHAN ROY (1774–1833)
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