Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in a well-to-do family in Bengal, probably in 1772.
He received his traditional Sanskrit learning at Banaras and Arabic and Persian learning at Patna.
Later, he learnt English, Greek and Hebrew. He also knew French and Latin. • He made a deep study not only of Hinduism but also of Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
He wrote a number of books in Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, Persian and English.
He started two newspapers, one in Bengali and another in Persian. • He was given the title of Raja and sent to England by the Mughal Emperor as his envoy.
He reached England in 1831 and died there in 1833.
