Question

The title 'Raja' was conferred on Ram Mohun Roy by the Mughal emperor
1. Jahandar Shah
2. Mohammad Shah
3. Akbar II
4. Bahadur Shah Zafar

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Akbar II

The correct answer is Akbar II.

• Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of 'Raja' by Akbar II, the Mughal emperor, who sent him to England to represent him.
• He is often called the 'Father of Indian Renaissance. Freedom fighter Gopal Krishna Gokhale called Roy the 'Father of Modern India'.
• Roy was opposed to idol worship and the orthodox rituals of Hinduism. He championed scientific temper and faced a backlash for his views.
• Roy translated the Vedas and Upanishads into Bengali, Hindi, and English and wrote summaries and treatises on them.
  • He was the founder and editor of two vernacular weekly newspapers viz. Sambad Kaumudi (in Bengali) and Mirat-ul-Akhbar (in the Persian language).
• He started India’s first English medium school in 1816 in Kolkata that later came to be known as the Anglo-Hindu school.
• He founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828, which acted against the evil practices that existed in the Hindu society, especially, the practice of ‘Sati’.
  • Raja Ram Mohan Roy advocated the abolition of polygamy and wanted women to be educated and given the right to inherit property.

Jahandar Shah	The Mughal emperor Jahandar Shah was the first puppet ruler in Mughal India. He ascended the throne because of the support of a powerful Iranian Noble and his Wazir, Zulfiqar Khan. He was defeated in the battle at Agra on 10 January 1713 by Farrukhsiyar, his nephew and the second son of Azim-ush-Shan, with the support of the Sayyid Brothers.
Mohammad Shah	He was a great patron of the arts, including musical, cultural, and administrative developments of the Mughal emperor. He was known as Rangila. He was given the title Abu Al-Fatah Nasir-ud-Din Roshan Akhtar Muhammad Shah and enthroned in the Red Fort.
Bahadur Shah Zafar	Bahadur Shah Zafar or Bahadur Shah II was the twentieth and last Mughal emperor (1837–1857). He was the second son of and became the successor to his father, Akbar II. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in the Rangoon jail in November 1862.