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“Maharshi” Debendranath Tagore, the eldest son of industrialist and reformer “Prince” Dwarakanath Tagore, was a founder of the Brahmo movement, one of the most significant socio-religious reforms in nineteenth century India based on monotheism.
The first assembly of the Brahmo Sabha, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, was held in Calcutta in 1828 at the initiative of Raja Rammohan Roy and Dwarakanath. Rammohan left for England soon and the group lost its enthusiasm.
In 1839, Debendranath, who had been inspired by
Ishaponishad and also the ideas of Rammohan, started the Tattwaranjini Sabha with his friends. The association was later renamed Tattwabodhini Sabha, which aimed at spreading the knowledge of the Upanishads and promoting spiritual and intellectual enquiry. It attracted 500 members in two years, among whom were two other luminaries of the Bengal Renaissance, the great social reformer and scholar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Akshay Kumar Datta, a pioneer of Bengal