Ramkamal Sen

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Ramkamal Sen
Born(1783-03-15)15 March 1783
Gariffa
Died2 August 1844(1844-08-02) (aged 61)
Kolkata
SpouseChandramani Debi
Parent

Ramkamal Sen (1783–1844) was the Diwan of the Treasury, Treasurer of the

Asiatic Society
, Calcutta.

Childhood

Born at Garifa, Naihati town in North 24 pargana district. on the banks of the Hooghly River in a Baidya Brahmin family,[1] he proceeded to Kolkata in 1791 for his education.[2] His father was Gokul Bihari Sen and his wife was Chandramani Debi.

His grandson was the pre-eminent social reformer and founder of the Nababidhan Brahmo Samaj,

Keshab Chandra Sen"[2]

Career

A

Asiatic Society".[2] Shibnath Shastri writes, "by dint of his capabilities, hard work and diligence, he rose to be its indigenous secretary. He was subsequently nominated a member of its committee."[4]

In 1812, he secured a job in Fort William College.[4] Finally, he rose to be a Dewani of the Treasury, and treasurer of the Bengal Bank.[2]

Social works

He was connected with many of the social activities of his time. When

Sanskrit College
for sometime.

Sastri wrote: "Babu Ramkamal Sen acting as their mouthpeice, ... called a Committee meeting, and moved that Mr Derozios's manners and conduct was such as to injure the morals of the boys in touch with him and he should be removed from the staff of masters."[2]

He was a member of the Medical Commission set up by Lord William Bentinck.[4]

Ramkamal Sen was well known as being a staunch pro-sati activist and lifelong opponent of

Ram Mohan Roy. He publicly opposed (with Radhakanta Deb) Roy's agitation against sati (the practice of forcing Hindu widows to be burnt on their husbands funeral pyre).[5]
He was also President of the Gaudiya Sabha, (a prominent association of Bengali Hindu ultra-conservatives).

Along with Radhakanta Deb, he was appointed as an Indian member of the "Tea Committee" in 1834.[6] In the same year he published an English-Bengalee dictionary in 2 volumes with 58,000 words which was commissioned by the Serampore Baptist Mission (1817–1834). Another famous book that he co-authored was Hitopadesha in 1820, a collection of fables modelled on Aesop's.

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8364-0202-5
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  2. ^
    Sastri, Sivanath (1907). Ramtanu Lahiri: Brahman and Reformer. Translated by Sharat Kumar Lahiri. S. Sonnenschein & Company limited. pp. 180
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  3. ^ Mitra, Peary Chand (1880). Life of Dewan Ramkamal Sen.
  4. ^ a b c Sastri, S. (1903). Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Bangasamaj. pp. 48–. (in Bengali)
  5. ^ Sharma, Hari Dev (2002). Raja Rammohun Roy: The Renaissance Man. pp. 26–.
  6. S2CID 144122014
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