22/05/2026
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, a great social reformer was born on 22 of May in the year 1772 in a Brahmin family in the Hooghly district of Bengal. He is universally accepted as the pioneer of reform movements in India. Imbibed with new ideas of humanism, this first Modern Man of India had worked hard for the religious, social, intellectual and political regeneration of the Indians. As a mark of respect to such a great reformer, the country celebrates his birthday every year on 22nd May.