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Who among the following founded the 'Tattwabodhini Sabha' in Calcutta in 1839 to propagate Ram Mohan Roy's ideas and promote systematic philosophical study of the Upanishads?

A. Debendranath Tagore✓ Correct Answer
B. Keshub Chunder Sen
C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D. Akshay Kumar Dutt

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Debendranath Tagore founded the Tattwabodhini Sabha in Calcutta in 1839 to propagate the monotheistic and reformist teachings of Raja Ram Mohan Roy alongside a systematic study of the Upanishads. Figures like Keshub Chunder Sen later led dissenting branches of the Brahmo Samaj, but it was Tagore who initially revived the movement through this society and its journal. The Sabha eventually merged with the Brahmo Samaj in 1859, significantly strengthening intellectual reform in Bengal.

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