Question

 ______________ is known as the Father of Indian Renaissance.
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Answer 1

Hint:
In 1815, Atmiya Sabha, a philosophical debate circle in Kolkata, began.
He was a man who struggled against superstitions, a pioneer in Indian education, and a leader in the Bengali Prose and Indian press.
In 1817, in collaboration with David Hare, he founded the Hindu College in Calcutta.

Complete answer:
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on May 22, 1772. He was one of the founders of Brahmo Sabha and the forerunner of Brahmo Samaj which is a social-religious reform movement. Akbar II, who was the Mughal emperor, gave him the title of Raja. His presence was visible in the fields of politics, public policy, education and religion. He was known for his attempts to abolish the practise of child marriage and child marriage. Raja Ram Mohan Roy is considered to be the "Father of the Bengal Renaissance" by many historians.

The social and cultural upheavals in India were the product of an Indian revival influenced by the Western idea of purpose, equality and democracy. Renaissance, meaning renaissance or rebirth, was the great transitional movement of Europe that swept away unprogressive mediaeval ideals and replaced them with individualism, material emancipation, nationalism, a better economic system and self-expression. The Indian Renaissance began under the influence of western thinkers.

A new way to research the Indian history has been launched. The reinterpretation of Indian religious texts and practises brought to light the inconsistencies and violations of our faith at that time. Under Raja Ram Mohan Roy and other intellectuals who were inspired by western thinkers, a new movement for socio-religious change began. The Indian Renaissance has given rise to the study of English literature, thought, philosophy and history books. It has some control over political movements, and later it has been fully embraced by political movements.

Therefore , the correct answer is D

Note:
In 2004, Roy was ranked $10^{th}$ in the BBC's Greatest Bengali poll of all time.

His most famous newspaper was the Sambad Kaumudi. It covered issues such as freedom of the press, the recruitment of Indians into high ranks of service, and the separation of the executive and the judiciary.

In the Renaissance era, the philosophy that emphasised temporal rather than metaphysical outlook was called humanism, which denoted the extinction of the binding influence of faith on human thinking and action.