Who was Raja Rammohan Roy? Which association did he found?
Raja Rammohan Roy was social reformer. He was well versed in Sanskrit, Persian and several other Indian and European languages.
He founded a reform association known as the Brahmo Sabha (later known as the Brahmo Samaj) in Calcutta.
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What was hook swinging festival?
It was a popular festival in which devotees underwent a peculiar form of suffering as part of ritual worship. With hooks pierced through their skin they swung themselves on a wheel.