Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay

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Bengal Renaissance figure educator human social reformer

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1820-09-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1891-07-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Calcutta Sanskrit College’s Grammar School NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sanskrit College, Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Fort William College NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sanskrit College, Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bengali ⓘ
familyName Bandyopadhyay NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Bengali language modernization ⓘ
education ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
givenName Ishwar Chandra NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonument Vidyasagar Setu named in his honor NERFINISHED ⓘ
statue on College Street, Kolkata ⓘ
honorificTitle Vidyasagar NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificTitleMeaning Ocean of Knowledge NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Barnaparichay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Betal Panchabingshati (adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bodhodaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kathamala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shakuntala (adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sitar Banabas (adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upakramanika NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation educationist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ
Birsingha NERFINISHED ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Ghatal subdivision NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paschim Medinipur district NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bengal Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ
British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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