Trust deed of Brahmo Sabha

The modern religious philosophy of Brahmoism is based in part on the foundations of reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy's humanitarian philosophy, as exemplified by the Trust Deed of Brahmo Sabha, known to Brahmos as the 1830 Brahmo Trust Deed.

Brief history

On August 20, 1828 the first assembly of the Brahmo Sabha was held at Kolkata (Calcutta), India. This Sabha was convened by religious reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy for his family and friends settled there. These were essentially informal meetings of Bengali Brahmins, open to all Brahmins, and there was no formal organisation or theology as such. On January 8, 1830 influential members of the closely related Kulin clan of Tagore (Thakur) and Roy (Vandopādhyāya) zumeendar family mutually executed the Trust Deed of Brahmo Sabha for the first Adi Brahmo Samaj place of worship on Chitpore Road (now Rabindra Sarani), Kolkata, India with Ram Chandra Vidyabagish as first resident superintendent. In November 1830, Ram Mohan Roy left for England, leaving the Trust Deed as legacy for his successors.

In addition to being a legal document, the (Banian) Trust Deed of 1830 settles some basic principles of Brahmo Samaj[1]

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Analysis

The Trust Deed of 1830 is a complex legal document in archaic legal drafting for transfer of the property at Chitpur Road to the Trustees. This section will guide you through it.

Trustors

Trustees

Explanation of the parties

See also

References and notes

  1. http://brahmosamaj.org.googlepages.com/trustdeed.html Trust Deed
  2. (Source: http://brahmosamaj.org.googlepages.com/trustdeed.html and also in physical form at Appendix-A at pages 549-557 in History of Brahmo Samaj by Sivanath Sastri, 1911/1912, August 1993 reprint of second edition published by the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj)

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