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Dec 30, 2014 · Keshub Chandra Sen (1838-1884) Born 1838 into an affluent Hindu family from Gariffa village on the bank of the river Hooghly in Calcutta, West Bengal British India. His grandfather, Ram Camul Sen, was a member of the earliest (1770) “modernized” Bengali intelligentsia who launched the Bengal Renaissance. At age 10, Keshub’s father died ...
Feb 6, 2024 · About Keshub Chandra Sen. Caste, this declared, has been destroyed by three ‘Sens’: Keshub Sen, the Brahmo leader, ‘wil-sen’ or Wilson’s Hotel, where the Hindus guzzled ‘forbidden food’; and the ‘isti-sen’ or station, as the niceties of caste could not be observed on railway journeys. Quoted from the Lost World of the Babus by ...
Keshub Chandra Sen (1838-84) Keshub Chandra Sen was born in Calcutta in 1838 and completed his college education at the age of 20. His liberal English education raised many challenges to his beliefs. Keshub then turned to Christianity and began to study the Bible and to read philosophy and theology with the missionaries.
Jan 8, 2014 · He died on January 8, 1884. Keshub, who played a pivotal role at an astonishingly young age in popularising the Hindu reformist movement Brahmo Samaj at a time when Calcutta was going through a ...
Keshab Chandra Sen, also credited as Keshub Chunder Sen was a Bengali Hindu philosopher and social reformer from Kolkata. He is known for attempting to incorporate Christian theology within the framework of Hindu ideologies. He became a member of the Brahmo Samaj in 1856 and 10 years later in 1866, founded "Brahmo Samaj of India".
Apr 17, 2021 · In 1857, Keshub Chandra Sen joined the Sabha, and he would soon turn out to be its third leader. Under his influence, Debendranath decided on giving up the tradition of Durga Puja in the Tagore family, which was a grand annual affair. The Sabha also discussed caste, with its members giving it up altogether.
Jul 9, 2018 · Keshub Chandra Sen came up with ‘Brahmo Samaj of India’ in 1866, which had overtones of Christianity. Keshub campaigned against child marriages and stressed the importance of women education. However, the marriage of his own underage daughter created controversies, which did not augur well for the ‘Brahmo Samaj of India.’
