The first day of the event began with dignitaries being felicitated. Chief guest and MP Saugata Roy spoke about Rammohan Roy’s journey and crusades in difficult times and how he ushered in the B...

Though completed in 1929, the memorial hall remained a blind spot. And then in 1977, Jyoti Basu, who was then the chief minister of West Bengal, decided to make a museum of it. He donat...