DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW B.A. LLB (HONS.) 2ND SEM 2013-14

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VANADANA SINGH ARPITA RANJAN
HISTORY PROFESSOR B.A. LLB (HONS.)
DR. RMLNLU LUCKNOW …show more content…

This task was entrusted to learned Bengali Brahmin pandits like Ramchandra Vidyavagis, Utsabananda Vidyavagis, Iswarchandra Nyayarata and others, were free from prejudices unlike their orthodox Telegu counterparts. After the departure of Rammohun Roy for England (November 1830) and his death there (September 1833), the Brahmo Samaj as on organisation gradually reached a moribund condition though its name, theology and social ideals continued to live and prosper among certain groups in the near Calcutta. The munificence of Rammohun's friend Dwarkanath Tagore and the single-minded devotion of Pandit Ram Chandra Vidyavagis enabled it however to tide over the period of crisis tm new life was infused into the Brahmo movement by Debendranath Tagore (1817-1905), Dwarkanath's eldest son who is to be reckoned as the second great leader of the Samaj. Debendranath's interest in Brahmoism found its earliest expression in his foundation of the Tattwabodhini Sabha in 1839. He joined the Samaj in 1842 and was formally initiated into Brahmoism by Ram Chandra Vidyavagis, along with twenty other young men on December 21, 1843 (7 Poush, 1765 Saka according to the Bengali calendar), a memorable day in the cultural history of Bengal, still celebrated annually at Shantiniketan. Rammohun Roy's departure for England and his premature death