The correct answer is 1821. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • Ram Mohan Roy published Sambad Kaumudi, a Bengali weekly newspaper, from Kolkata in the first part of the nineteenth century. • It was a well-known pro-Reformist periodical that actively advocated for the Sati Pratha's removal. • Raja Rammohan Roy, known as the Father of the Indian Renaissance, was a multifaceted social, religious, and educational reformer who is known for opposing customs such as Sati, child marriage, and social divisions, as well as advocating education. • Despite the fact that Ram Mohan Roy owned the company, Kaumudi was published under the name of Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay. • The first issue of Sambad Kaumudi appeared on December 4, 1821. • It contained an 'Appeal to the Bengali Public' in which it proclaimed that the primary object of its publication was to promote the 'public good'. • Governor-General Bentinck, largely instigated by Ram Mohan Roy, responded to the growing public outcry by outlawing Sati in 1829. • In 1822, Roy published the journal Mirat-ul-Akbar in Persian. • Roy set up the Vedanta College to spread his teachings of Hindu monotheism. His step was also aimed at promoting subjects like Mathematics, Geography, and Latin which were necessary to help the Indians keep pace with the rest of the world. • Gopal Krishna Gokhale called Roy the ‘Father of Modern India’.