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unusual facts about Brahmo



Bodo Brahma Dharma

Bodo Brahma Dharma was a new religion agitated by Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma in the early 20th century in Dhubri District of Assam among the Bodo people after initiation in the Brahmo faith and the teachings of the Adi Brahmo Parambrahma in 1906 at Kolkatta and assisted by Rupnath Brahma.

David Kopf

He visited India and East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh) for two years in 1971–72 to study first hand the Brahmo Samaj and published a book, The Brahmo Samaj and the Shaping of the Modern Indian Mind in 1979 by Princeton University Press.

Kalicharan Brahma

Other great Assamese Brahmos of the time include Gunabhiram Barua and Swarnalata Devi of the same faction, all of whom agitated against Colonialist Imperialism of any kind.

Qila Gujar Singh

He was also a pillar of the Brahmo Samaj and donated liberally for educational institutions and libraries, including numerous colleges all over Upper India, like Dayal Singh College, Lahore and Dyal Singh Majithia Memorial Library, Lahore.

Rabindranath Tagore's political views

Rabindranath Tagore's political views are relevant to his status as a Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher, and cultural reformer.

Sadharan Brahmo Samaj

Young Brahmo Master Hemendranath Tagore (third son of Debendranath) is anointed MahaAcharya by the outgoing Tattwabodhini Council with the approval of Debendranath.

1843 Debendranath and 20 of his Tattawobodhini companions are formally initiated in the Brahmo Sabha by Ram Chandra Vidyabagish on December 21, (7th Paush 1765 B.E.).

The new doctrine of Hindu nationalism is forcefully articulated before orthodox Hindu leaders of Calcutta by Adi Brahmo Samaj President Rajnarayan Basu, in a lecture entitled "The Superiority of Hinduism".

Umesh Chandra

Umesh Chandra Dutta, was one of the founders of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.


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