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Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), popularly known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (lit. ' Vidyasagar, the Sea of Knowledge '), [1] was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. [2] His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali prose were significant.
In 1859, the venerable and beloved Secretary of the Tattwabodhini Sabha Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar resigned from the Brahmo Sabha in the face of Debendranath's vacillation. A meeting of the Tatwabodhini was promptly summoned with Debendranath resigning from the group he had founded.
Barnaparichay [note 1] is a Bengali primer written by 19th century Indian social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. [1] [2] It was first published in 1855. This is considered as "The Most Influential Primer of Bengal". [3] The primer had two parts. [note 2] This reflected Vidayasagar's knowledge, expertise and background as a Sanskrit scholar. [4]
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, a Brahmin and a Sanskrit scholar was the most prominent campaigner of widow remarriage.He petitioned the Legislative council, [11] but there was a counter petition against the proposal with nearly four times more signatures by Radhakanta Deb and the Dharma Sabha.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the scholar-social reformer and a key figure in the Bengal Renaissance, came to Karmatar in 1873 and spent more than 18 years of his life here. [1] In 1974, the railway station at Karmatar was renamed Vidyasagar.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820. [2] [3] Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. [4]
Opened in 1992, Vidyasagar Setu was the first [2] and longest cable-stayed bridge in India at the time of its inauguration. It was the second bridge to be built across the Hooghly River in Kolkata metropolitan region and was named after the education reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. The project had a cost of ₹388 crore to build.
The institution rose to prominence during the principalship of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1851, who admitted students from other than the Brahmin, Kshatriya and Baidya caste. [6] In particular, the tol or traditional Indian training school model was incorporated as a department in the 1870s. [7]