The Brahmo Samaj was a reform movement within Hinduism founded in Calcutta, then the capital of British India, by Ram Mohan Roy and his associates. It stood for belief in one formless God, rejected idol worship and the authority of priests, and drew on the Upanishads as well as on Christian and Enlightenment ideas. Its members campaigned against sati, child marriage and caste restrictions, and they promoted education, including for women. Later leaders such as Debendranath Tagore, father of the poet Rabindranath Tagore, and Keshab Chandra Sen shaped the movement, which also split into several branches over disputes about reform. It was a key part of the Bengal Renaissance and influenced many Indian thinkers.
Before and after
- 20 October 1827Battle of Navarino
- 1828Discovery of thorium
- 1828Construction of Egyptian Museum of Berlin
- from 1828 to 1829Ninth Russo-Turkish War
- 1828Rise of Brahmo Samaj
- 8 February 1828Birth of Jules Verne
- 10 February 1828Treaty of Turkmenchay
- 20 March 1828Birth of Henrik Ibsen
- 16 April 1828Death of Francisco Goya
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