Ram Mohan Roy

General Summary

• Prominent Bengali intellectual who forged a sense of identity in India
• Argued for a society based on modern European science and Indian tradition
• Supported some British Colonial policies like the ending of sati
• Worked with Christian reformers to improve status of women
• Influenced by Vedas and Upanishad and merged Hinduism with  modern society 

Impact

• Requested greater Indian participation in goverment
• Worked with other Indian elites to reform 
• Inspired European values like equality, freedom, and popular sovereignity
• Invoked values to criticize British colonial policies and call for reform