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INTRODUCTION.
sending his Ram to the wilderness ; and till his twenty-
fifth year he spent his time in learning English and study-
ing the Sanskrit shasters, and carrying on controversies
with the Brahmins on idol-worship and the burning
of widows, which, however, again brought upon him the
wrath of the Hindu society, and he was once more
obliged to leave his home.
From 1800 to 1813 Ram Mohon Roy was made a
sheristadar. He spent ten years of his life in Ramgur
Bhagulpore and Rungpore as dewati or head officer
the Collectors and Judges of those districts, and henc
it was, that he was commonly known as the Dewanjil,
till he was made a Raja by the Emperor of Delht,.
While at Rungpore, he was also busily engaged i
studying the shasters, and in controversies with the
Brahmins, and though we have got none of his writing
of that time, there is a book written against him a
Rungpore and subsequently revised and printed in
Calcutta in 1245 B. S. (1838 A. D. ) named Jnananjan,
from which we learn, that while at Rungpore he
kwrote Persian tracts and translated parts of the
"edanta.
From Rungpore Ram Mohun Roy came to Calcutta
[1814, and as he said "gave up all worldly avocations,
engaged in religious culture and in the investigation
tuth," and began the work of his life for which he
sen so long preparing. In order to give an idea of
Jculties which Ram Mohun Roy had to overcome,
prevalence and the enormity of the evils which he
*ht against, we shall give a short account of
the country and of the Hindu society at
INTRODUCTION.
sending his Ram to the wilderness ; and till his twenty-
fifth year he spent his time in learning English and study-
ing the Sanskrit shasters, and carrying on controversies
with the Brahmins on idol-worship and the burning
of widows, which, however, again brought upon him the
wrath of the Hindu society, and he was once more
obliged to leave his home.
From 1800 to 1813 Ram Mohon Roy was made a
sheristadar. He spent ten years of his life in Ramgur
Bhagulpore and Rungpore as dewati or head officer
the Collectors and Judges of those districts, and henc
it was, that he was commonly known as the Dewanjil,
till he was made a Raja by the Emperor of Delht,.
While at Rungpore, he was also busily engaged i
studying the shasters, and in controversies with the
Brahmins, and though we have got none of his writing
of that time, there is a book written against him a
Rungpore and subsequently revised and printed in
Calcutta in 1245 B. S. (1838 A. D. ) named Jnananjan,
from which we learn, that while at Rungpore he
kwrote Persian tracts and translated parts of the
"edanta.
From Rungpore Ram Mohun Roy came to Calcutta
[1814, and as he said "gave up all worldly avocations,
engaged in religious culture and in the investigation
tuth," and began the work of his life for which he
sen so long preparing. In order to give an idea of
Jculties which Ram Mohun Roy had to overcome,
prevalence and the enormity of the evils which he
*ht against, we shall give a short account of
the country and of the Hindu society at