A Survey on the Life and Thoughts of Ram Mohan Roy, and Editing Tuhfat alMuwahhidin

Ram Mohan Roy is a significant religious and social reformist of the early 19th century and the founder of the Brahmo Samaj movement in India. He and his fellow thinkers were going to prepare the context for the development and advancement of the Indian society, based on a monotheistic view and by removing superstitions and customs such as Sati, children marriage, etc. One of his activities in this direction was the writing of a short but important treatise called Tuhfat al-muwahhidin in Persian which was received enthusiastically by the scholars and intellectuals of the time. In this work he tries to invite the followers of religions to set aside their differences and follow the inherent monotheism by criticizing the religious and superstitious beliefs. In this study we are going to survey his life and thoughts briefly, and to present an edited version of this work which has not been yet published with scrutiny and emendation.