17th January. Assembly. Class V
Theme: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Thought: For wise and good men always feel disinclined to hurt those that are of much less strength than themselves.
Speech: Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born into an elite Bengali Hindu family on May 22, 1772, in Radhanagar village of Hoogly district, Bengal Presidency. He was born to Ramkanto Roy, his father, and Tarinidevi, his mother in the darkest era in the history of India. One of the significant personalities of his time, Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a social and educational reformer known for bringing social reforms and building a modern India. He campaigned against the caste system, untouchability, superstitions and use of intoxicants. He attacked child marriage, polygamy, illiteracy of women and the degraded state of widows.
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Words for the day:
abate – to become less strong
reforms – to change a system in order to make it better
degrade – to make people respect somebody less
defamation – the action of damaging the good reputation of someone
significant – sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention
Name of the students
Prayer – Payoja Kumari
Pledge – Aarav Vardhan Jana
Thought – Aganveer
News – Arnav Sah
Speech – Pranav Aryan
Host – Divyam