With Rammohun’s departure for England in 1830, the affairs of Brahmo Sabha were effectively managed by Trustees Dwarkanath Tagore and Pandit Ram Chandra Vidyabagish, with Dwarkanath instructing his diwan to manage affairs.
By the time of Rammohun’s death in 1833 near Bristol (UK), attendance at the Sabha dwindled and the Telugu Brahmins revived idolatry.
The zameendars, being preoccupied in business, had little time for affairs of Sabha, and flame of Sabha was almost extinguished. Contd..
In 1866, Keshub Chandra Sen organised the more radical “Bharatvarshiya Brahmo Samaj” with overtones of Christianity.
He campaigned for the education of women and against child marriages.
But he nonetheless arranged a marriage for his own underage daughter Suniti with the prince of Coochbehar. Contd..
The Brahmo Samaj of India split after this act of underage marriage generated a controversy and
His pro-British utterances and
leaning towards Christian rites generated more controversies.
A third group, “Sadharan (ordinary) Brahmo Samaj”, was formed in 1878.
It gradually reverted to the teaching of the Upanishads but continued the work of social reform.
The movement, always an elite group without significant popular following, lost force in the 20th century.
