Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay

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Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, better known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, was a 19th-century Indian educator, social reformer, and key figure in the Bengal Renaissance renowned for his work on widow remarriage and modernization of the Bengali language.

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instanceOf Bengal Renaissance figure
educator
human
social reformer
advocated curriculum reform in traditional Sanskrit education
opening schools for girls
use of simple Bengali prose in textbooks
alsoKnownAs Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
burialPlace Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta
countryOfCitizenship British India
dateOfBirth 1820-09-26
dateOfDeath 1891-07-29
educatedAt Calcutta Sanskrit College’s Grammar School
Sanskrit College, Calcutta
employer Fort William College
Sanskrit College, Calcutta
ethnicGroup Bengali
familyName Bandyopadhyay
fieldOfWork Bengali language modernization
education
social reform
givenName Ishwar Chandra
hasMonument Vidyasagar Setu named in his honor
linked to: Nivedita Setu

statue on College Street, Kolkata
honorificTitle Vidyasagar
honorificTitleMeaning Ocean of Knowledge
influenced Bengali primary education
modern Bengali prose style
knownFor campaign for Hindu widow remarriage
promotion of women’s education
reforms in Bengali alphabet and prose
simplification of Bengali typography
work against child marriage
language Bengali
Sanskrit
legacy considered one of the pillars of the Bengal Renaissance
remembered as a symbol of rationalism and humanism in 19th-century Bengal
legislativeAchievement influenced passage of Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act 1856
movement Bengal Renaissance
linked to: Bengali Renaissance
notableWork Barnaparichay
Betal Panchabingshati (adaptation)
linked to: Betal Panchabinsati

Bodhodaya
Kathamala
Shakuntala (adaptation)
linked to: Story of Shakuntala

Sitar Banabas (adaptation)
Upakramanika
occupation educationist
philanthropist
publisher
social reformer
writer
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
Birsingha
British India
Ghatal subdivision
Paschim Medinipur district
placeOfDeath Bengal Presidency
British India
Calcutta
positionHeld Principal of Sanskrit College, Calcutta
Secretary of Bethune School
religion Hinduism
supportedBy Governor-General Lord Dalhousie on widow remarriage issue

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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar birthName Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar givenName Ishwar Chandra
linked to: Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay