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mnohun Roy.

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Rammnohun Roy was keen to spread the knowledge of

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freedom and equality for women. He wrote about the way

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Western education in the country and bring about greater

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women were forced to bear the burden of domestic work.

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confined to the home and the kitchen

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and not allowed to

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move out and become educated.

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Changing the lives of widows

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875

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Rammohun Roy was particularly moved by t the problems

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widows faced in thęir lives. He began a campaign asains

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the practice of sati.

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nineteenth century

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as you have read in Chapter 6

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randt Peale

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l838B British officials had also begun to criticise Indian traditions

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and customs.| They were therefore

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more than willing to

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listen to Rammohun who was reputed to be a learned man.

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Hn 1829

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sati was banned.

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712 Jolbo

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Rammohun Roy was well versed in Sanskrit

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Persian

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and several other Indian and Europeon languages] He tried

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to show through his writings that the praçtice of widow

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burning had no sanction in ancient texts. By the early

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Source

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Sormay early tradton.

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The strategy adopted by Rammohun was used by

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later reformers as well. Whenever they wished to

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challenge a practice that seemed harmful

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they tried

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to find a verse or sentence in the ancient sacred texts

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that supported their point of view. They then suggested

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that the practice as it existed at present was against

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Fig. 3 - Hook swinging

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festival

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We

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Rammohu

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jdeas. Sorm

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advocate

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dialogue

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In this popular festival.

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devotees underwent a

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peculiar form of suffering

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as part of ritual worship.

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With hooks pierced

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through their skin they

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Swung themselves on

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a wheel. In the early

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nineteenth century

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