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INTRODUCTION.
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to have presented a petition to the Government for
prohibiting polygamy by legislation.
Nor did he confine his energies to religious and
social reformation. He laboured above all other men
for the spread of education among his countrymen.
He did all that lay in his power for improving and
enriching the Bengali language. It is a remarkable
fact that the address which he presented to Lord
William Bentinck was in Bengali, a circumstance
which showed how deep was his love for his mother
tongue. In the celebrated controversy between the
Orientalists and the Anglicists he fought vigorously for
English education, wrote the famous letter on education
to Lord Amherst, and had the satisfaction of seeing the
Hindu college established, though with rare disinterested-
ness he kept himself aloof from the management of the
College, because it was thought that the leaders of the
orthodox Hindu society would not like to act with
him. He also helped David Hare, and especially Dr.
Duff in their efforts for the spread of English education
in this country. He established also an English
school of his own about the year 1822. It is not generally
known what a heavy debt of gratitude the country
owes to Ram Mohon Roy for his efforts iu the cause of
English education.
Nor was Ram Mohun Roy indifferent to politics.
He it was who led the agitation against the Press regu-
lations, the resumption of lakheraj holdings, and other
grievances of his country. His memorials against the
Press regulations are remarkable writings, and for the
ability with which they were written, and the deep
patriotism displayed in them, nothing that has since
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to have presented a petition to the Government for
prohibiting polygamy by legislation.
Nor did he confine his energies to religious and
social reformation. He laboured above all other men
for the spread of education among his countrymen.
He did all that lay in his power for improving and
enriching the Bengali language. It is a remarkable
fact that the address which he presented to Lord
William Bentinck was in Bengali, a circumstance
which showed how deep was his love for his mother
tongue. In the celebrated controversy between the
Orientalists and the Anglicists he fought vigorously for
English education, wrote the famous letter on education
to Lord Amherst, and had the satisfaction of seeing the
Hindu college established, though with rare disinterested-
ness he kept himself aloof from the management of the
College, because it was thought that the leaders of the
orthodox Hindu society would not like to act with
him. He also helped David Hare, and especially Dr.
Duff in their efforts for the spread of English education
in this country. He established also an English
school of his own about the year 1822. It is not generally
known what a heavy debt of gratitude the country
owes to Ram Mohon Roy for his efforts iu the cause of
English education.
Nor was Ram Mohun Roy indifferent to politics.
He it was who led the agitation against the Press regu-
lations, the resumption of lakheraj holdings, and other
grievances of his country. His memorials against the
Press regulations are remarkable writings, and for the
ability with which they were written, and the deep
patriotism displayed in them, nothing that has since