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	== Activities ==		== Activities ==
	The main activity of the ''Sabha'' was conducting discussion and debate sessions on monotheistic [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] [[Vedanta\|Vedantism]] and similar subjects. Weekly meetings used to be conducted in Ram Mohan Roy's garden-house in [[Maniktala]].<ref name=Pruthi2004 /> Most of these gatherings were informal and only a handful of Bengali intellects used to attend these meetings. It was not a formal organization, and there was ~~not any~~ membership registration procedure. However, the association intended to promote free and collective thinking. They also challenged and denounced orthodox religions.<ref name=Coward1987 />		The main activity of the ''Sabha'' was conducting discussion and debate sessions on monotheistic [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] [[Vedanta\|Vedantism]] and similar subjects. Weekly meetings used to be conducted in Ram Mohan Roy's garden-house in [[Maniktala]].<ref name=Pruthi2004 /> Most of these gatherings were informal and only a handful of Bengali intellects used to attend these meetings. It was not a formal organization, and there was no membership registration procedure. However, the association intended to promote free and collective thinking. They also challenged and denounced orthodox religions.<ref name=Coward1987 />

	== Notable participants ==		== Notable participants ==

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'''Atmiya Sabha''' was a philosophical discussion circle in India. The association was started by [[Ram Mohan Roy]] in 1815 in [[Kolkata]] (then Calcutta). They used to conduct debate and discussion sessions on philosophical topics, and also used to promote free and collective thinking and social reform. The foundation of Atmiya Sabha in 1815 is considered as the beginning of the modern age in Kolkata.<ref name="EiSA">{{cite book|title=Elites in south asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2u88AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA66|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=66–|id=GGKEY:R8YQ4FKC94Z}}</ref><ref name="Coward1987">{{cite book|author=Harold Coward|title=Modern Indian Responses to Religious Pluralism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GqYShQ12YdEC&pg=PA20|date=30 October 1987|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-88706-572-9|pages=20–}}</ref> In 1823, the association became defunct.<ref name="Kshīrasāgara1994">{{cite book|last=Kshīrasāgara|first=Rāmacandra|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&pg=PA51|date=1 January 1994|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-43-3|pages=51–}}</ref>

== Activities ==
The main activity of the ''Sabha'' was conducting discussion and debate sessions on monotheistic [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Vedanta|Vedantism]] and similar subjects. Weekly meetings used to be conducted in Ram Mohan Roy's garden-house in [[Maniktala]].<ref name=Pruthi2004 /> Most of these gatherings were informal and only a handful of Bengali intellects used to attend these meetings. It was not a formal organization, and there was not any membership registration procedure. However, the association intended to promote free and collective thinking. They also challenged and denounced orthodox religions.<ref name=Coward1987 />

== Notable participants ==
Some of the notable people who joined this circle are—<ref name="Pruthi2004">{{cite book|author=R.K. Pruthi|title=Brahmo Samaj and Indian Civilization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7cG3JbOdPHAC&pg=PA191|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-791-9|pages=191–}}</ref>
# [[Dwaraka Nath Tagore]]
# [[Prasanna Coomar Tagore]]
# [[Nanda Kishore Bose]]
# [[Brindaban Mitra]]
# [[Sivaprasad Misra]]
# [[Hariharananada Tirthaswami]]
Misra and Tirthaswami were Sanskrit scholars.

== References ==
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[[Category:1816 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Culture of Kolkata]]

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