SHORT NOTE ON ISHWAR CHANDRA VIDYASAGAR
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyay
26 September 1820
Birsingha, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now in West Bengal, India)
Died 29 July 1891 (aged 70)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Occupation Writer, philosopher, scholar, educator, translator, publisher, reformer, philanthropist
Language Bengali
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Sanskrit College (1829–1839)
Literary movement Bengal Renaissance
Spouse Dinamani Devi
Children Narayan Chandra Bandyopadhyaya
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandopad (Ishshor Chôndro Bôndopaddhae; Bengali: ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়), was a Bengali polymath from the Indian subcontinent, and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance.[1][2]
He was a philosopher, academic educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer and philanthropist. His efforts to simplify and modernize Bengali prose 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 Reaped the British to pass the widow remarriage act.[3]
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), due to his excellent performance in Sanskrit studies and philosophy. Noted Bengali mathematician Anil Kumar Gain founded Vidyasagar University, named in his honour.