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| Keywords: Bust portrait of the Hindu reformer Ram Mohan Roy..jpg en This Company Painting a painting made by an Indian artist for the British in India is a portrait of the Hindu reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy 1772-1833 He came from a distinguished Brahmin family in Bengal He entered the service of the East India Company and rose to high office but eventually left to devote his time to the service of his people Profoundly influenced by European liberalism Ram Mohan came to the conclusion that Hinduism needed to be radically reformed He preached equality for women and was active in the abolition of sati widow burning Ram Mohan came to England in 1831 as the ambassador of the Mughal emperor Akbar Shah II On another visit to England he was taken ill with meningitis He died on 27 September 1833 in Bristol where he is buried A statue of him was unveiled there in 1997 Sir Robert Nathan who bequeathed the portrait to the V A probably purchased it from Muhammad Hussain a judge of the Small Cause Court in Delhi Nathan was Private Secretary to the Viceroy in Delhi in 1904-1905 circa 1820 painted http //collections vam ac uk/item/O16865/portrait-bust-portrait-of-the-hindu/ Unknown production PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Company style Art of India in the Victoria and Albert Museum | ||||
