International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies (IJHSSS) A Peer-Reviewed Bi-monthly Bi-lingual Research Journal

The Maker of modern India, the founder of the greatest socio- religious reform movements, Brahmo Samaj, Raja Ram Mohan Roy has played a crucial role in the abolition of social evils like the Sati system. He also advocated various changes in the Indian society by popularizing the study of English, modern medicine, technology and science. This is the reason why he was referred as “Raja ’ by the Mughal emperor. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was an Indian religious, social, educational reformer and humanitarian, who challenged traditional Hindu culture and indicated the lines of progress for Indian societies under British rule. He, along with Dwarkanath Tagore and other prominent Bengalis of the early 19th ` century, founded the Brahma Sabha in 1828, which engendered the Brahma Samaj, an influential Indian socio-religious reform movement during the Bengal Renaissance. His influence was visible in the field of politics, public administration, society, religion, as well as education. Raja Ram Mohan Roy may rightly be called the precursor of the modern system of education in India. His moral earnestness and energy, his boldness of imagination and firm grasp of first doctrine mark out Raja Ram Mohan Roy not mere as ‘great educational reformer but as a Nation builder’. In this paper the authors try to highlight the various educational reforms of Raja Ram Mohan Roy. The authors also try to shed some light to the relevance of Raja Ram Mohan Roy in present time