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Answer the following questions.
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How did Vidyasagar learn English numbers?
Why was Ishwar Chandra awarded the title 'Vidyasagar'?
3. Why did Vidyasagar quit the Sanskrit college? What did he want to do?
4. Why is Vidyasagar known as a great teacher?
The man who carried the luggage did not want money. What did he ask for
instead?
6. Why was the young man shocked to see the principal of the college?
7. What lesson did the young man learn from this incident?
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Answer
1. after the completion of elementary education at the village school, his father took him to Calcutta (Kolkata). It is believed that Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar learned English numbers by following the mile-stones labels on his way to Calcutta at the age of eight years. Ishwar Chandra was a brilliant student
He received the title "Vidyasagar" (in Sanskrit Vidya means knowledge and Sagar means ocean, i.e., Ocean of Knowledge) from Sanskrit College, Calcutta (from where he graduated), for his excellent performance in Sanskrit studies and philosophy. ...
2. Equality: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar wanted to provide education to all men and women irrespective of castes. He allowed people from lower castes admission in the Sanskrit College where earlier only those from higher castes were allowed.
Answer:
1 ans:- Vidyasagar learn english numbers from the milestone while walking to culcutta from his village