A short note on Ishwarchandra vidyasagar
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Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was a great multi-talented social reformer of the nineteenth century. He was great educationist, a tireless reformer and a great scholar. He also tried to modernize the Bengali prose.
Birth: His birth took place on 6th Sep, 1820 in an orthodox Brahmin family. He was a person with extraordinary skills. He graduated from Sanskrit college.
Meaning of Vidyasagar: Because of his extraordinary academic performance, he was honored with the title of ‘Vidyasagar’. Vidyasagar is a combination of two Sanskrit word. ‘Vidya’ means ‘knowledge’ and ‘Sagar’ means ‘sea or ocean’. Thus, Vidyasagar means “Ocean of knowledge and wisdom
Contribution: Vidyasagar tried hard to restore the honor of women by educating them and by struggling to remove evil practices. He supported widow remarriage (1857) and criticized child marriage.
He authored several books such as Bornoporichoy, Betal Panchabinsati, Upakramanika, kotha mala, Banglar Itihas, Sitar Bonobas, etc.
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Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was a great multi-talented social reformer of the nineteenth century. He was great educationist, a tireless reformer and a great scholar. He also tried to modernize the Bengali prose.
Birth: His birth took place on 6th Sep, 1820 in an orthodox Brahmin family. He was a person with extraordinary skills. He graduated from Sanskrit college.
Meaning of Vidyasagar: Because of his extraordinary academic performance, he was honored with the title of ‘Vidyasagar’. Vidyasagar is a combination of two Sanskrit word. ‘Vidya’ means ‘knowledge’ and ‘Sagar’ means ‘sea or ocean’. Thus, Vidyasagar means “Ocean of knowledge and wisdom
Contribution: Vidyasagar tried hard to restore the honor of women by educating them and by struggling to remove evil practices. He supported widow remarriage (1857) and criticized child marriage.
He authored several books such as Bornoporichoy, Betal Panchabinsati, Upakramanika, kotha mala, Banglar Itihas, Sitar Bonobas, etc.
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He was a philosopher, academic educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer and philanthropist. His efforts to simplify and modernize Bengaliprose were significant. He also rationalized and simplified the Bengali alphabet and type, which had remained unchanged since Charles Wilkins and Panchanan Karmakar had cut the first (wooden) Bengali type in 1780. He also forced the British to pass the widow remarriage act.[4]
He received the title "Vidyasagar" (in SanskritVidya means knowledge and Sagar means ocean, i.e., Ocean of Knowledge) from Sanskrit College, Calcutta (from where he graduated), due to his excellent performance in Sanskrit studies and philosophy. Noted Bengali mathematician Anil Kumar Gainfounded Vidyasagar University, named in his honour.[5]
In 2004, Vidyasagar was ranked number 9 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of all time.[6][7][8]
Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay was born in a Hindu Brahmin family to Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Bhagavati Devi at Birsingha village in the Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Midnapore District in current day West Bengal on 26 September 1820. At the age of 9, he went to Calcutta and started living in Bhagabat Charan's house in Burrabazar, where Thakurdas had already been staying for some years. Ishwar felt at ease amidst Bhagabat's large family and settled down comfortably in no time. Bhagabat's youngest daughter Raimoni's motherly and affectionate feelings towards Ishwar touched him deeply and had a strong influence on his later revolutionary work towards the upliftment of women's status in India.
His quest for knowledge was so intense that he used to study under a street light as it was not possible for him to afford a gas lamp at home[9] He cleared all the examinations with excellence and in quick succession. He was rewarded with a number of scholarships for his academic performance. To support himself and the family, Ishwar Chandra also took a part-time job of teaching at Jorashanko. Ishwar Chandra joined the Sanskrit College, Calcutta and studied there for twelve long years and passed out of the college in 1841 qualifying in Sanskrit Grammar, Literature, Dialectics [Alankara Shastra], Vedanta, Smruti and Astronomy[10]As was the custom then Ishwar Chandra married at the age of fourteen. His wife was Dinamani Devi. Narayan Chandra Bandyopadhyaya was their only son.
In the year 1839, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar successfully cleared his law examination. In 1841, at the age of twenty one years, Ishwar Chandra joined Fort William College as head of the Sanskrit department.
After five years, in 1846, Vidyasagar left Fort William College and joined the Sanskrit College as 'Assistant Secretary'. In the first year of service, Ishwar Chandra recommended a number of changes to the existing education system. This report resulted in a serious altercation between Ishwar Chandra and College Secretary Rasomoy Dutta. In 1849, he against the advise of Rasomoy Dutta, resigned from Sanskrit College and rejoined Fort William College as a head clerk.[11]
Vidyasagar established Barisha High Schoolin Kolkata in 1856 by amulya ambati the reformer.
He received the title "Vidyasagar" (in SanskritVidya means knowledge and Sagar means ocean, i.e., Ocean of Knowledge) from Sanskrit College, Calcutta (from where he graduated), due to his excellent performance in Sanskrit studies and philosophy. Noted Bengali mathematician Anil Kumar Gainfounded Vidyasagar University, named in his honour.[5]
In 2004, Vidyasagar was ranked number 9 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of all time.[6][7][8]
Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay was born in a Hindu Brahmin family to Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Bhagavati Devi at Birsingha village in the Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Midnapore District in current day West Bengal on 26 September 1820. At the age of 9, he went to Calcutta and started living in Bhagabat Charan's house in Burrabazar, where Thakurdas had already been staying for some years. Ishwar felt at ease amidst Bhagabat's large family and settled down comfortably in no time. Bhagabat's youngest daughter Raimoni's motherly and affectionate feelings towards Ishwar touched him deeply and had a strong influence on his later revolutionary work towards the upliftment of women's status in India.
His quest for knowledge was so intense that he used to study under a street light as it was not possible for him to afford a gas lamp at home[9] He cleared all the examinations with excellence and in quick succession. He was rewarded with a number of scholarships for his academic performance. To support himself and the family, Ishwar Chandra also took a part-time job of teaching at Jorashanko. Ishwar Chandra joined the Sanskrit College, Calcutta and studied there for twelve long years and passed out of the college in 1841 qualifying in Sanskrit Grammar, Literature, Dialectics [Alankara Shastra], Vedanta, Smruti and Astronomy[10]As was the custom then Ishwar Chandra married at the age of fourteen. His wife was Dinamani Devi. Narayan Chandra Bandyopadhyaya was their only son.
In the year 1839, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar successfully cleared his law examination. In 1841, at the age of twenty one years, Ishwar Chandra joined Fort William College as head of the Sanskrit department.
After five years, in 1846, Vidyasagar left Fort William College and joined the Sanskrit College as 'Assistant Secretary'. In the first year of service, Ishwar Chandra recommended a number of changes to the existing education system. This report resulted in a serious altercation between Ishwar Chandra and College Secretary Rasomoy Dutta. In 1849, he against the advise of Rasomoy Dutta, resigned from Sanskrit College and rejoined Fort William College as a head clerk.[11]
Vidyasagar established Barisha High Schoolin Kolkata in 1856 by amulya ambati the reformer.
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