Raja Rammohun Roy

The creator of the Bengali renaissance was the first in IndiaThe creator of the Bengali renaissance was Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the first modern man of India. He was born in 1774 in the village of Radhanagar in Hooghly district. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a man of extraordinary erudition. Especially Arabic, Persian, He excelled in Urdu, Latin and Greek. He published translations of Upanishads including Vedanta Sutras and Vedantasara. His other works include Tuhfatul Mujahiddin, Manzaratul Adian, Judgment with Bhattacharya, Paulik Dharma system of Hindu side etc. He was also the publisher of three newspapers, Sambad Kaumudi, Miratul Akhbar and Brakshanikal Magazine.