The founder of Brahmo Samaj was

(A) C.R. Das
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Correct Answer : Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Question Asked : Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007, MPPCS (Pre) 2006, Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002, Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005
Brahmo Samaj was the first reform movement of Hindu religion which was influenced by Western ideology. Brahmo Samaj was founded on August 20, 1828, by Raja Ram Mohan Roy along with Dwarkanath Tagore in Calcutta. The main belief of the Brahmo Samaj was in one God who is omnipresent and omniscient. Maharishi Devendranath Tagore (1818-1905) had the credit to proceed this as theist movement who joined the movement in 1843. Maharishi Devendranath Tagore appointed Keshav Chandra Sen as Acharya of Brahmo Samaj. Keshub Chandra Sen made this movement popular and later established its branches in Uttar Pradesh and Madras.
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