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Question
This is the painting of the Indian social reformer considered to be the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’.
Name the society established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828.
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Solution
Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded a society called the Brahma Sabha (1828) which later became Brahmo Samaj.
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