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Vidyasagar had both the originality of a genius and the starting strength of heroic character. He thought out a new technique of teaching Sanskrit more easily to beginners and wrote a series of primers in the Sanskrit language and literature adapted to modem needs. He also arranged for the collection and preservation of old Sanskrit books. In Bengali prose, Vidyasagar's work was a landmark. He evolved an elegant, although a bit too stately and chante style of writing which impressed everybody Between 1847 and 1863, he wrote a series of books in Bengal which became classes to the students of literature. In these, he drew his material impartially from the Indian epics and popular tales as wel as from westem fables and biographies His Bengali Primer for beginners is even today in household use But Vidyasagar was not a mere scholar orman of letters. As an educational reformer, he opened the Sanskrit College to non Brahmin boys and provided some English Education for classical scholars as wet As an administrator of vision, he rendered splendid service in his capacity of government inspector and in lour districts he organised a total of 35 girl schools and 20 model schools. He wan closely associated from its early days with the institution which now bears his name and which under his fostering care became the outstanding example of a non-official, secular and popular institution for higher education with a purely Indian teaching staff. He was equally interested in women's higher education, and was the secretary to the Bethune School for sometime.​

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1. starting strength of heroic character. He thought out a new technique of teaching Sanskrit more easily to beginners and wrote a series of primers in the Sanskrit language and literature adapted to modem needs. He also arranged for the collection and preservation of old Sanskrit books. In Bengali prose, Vidyasagar's work was a landmark. He evolved an elegant, although a bit too stately and chante style of writing which impressed everybody Between 1847 and 1863, he wrote a series of books in Bengal which became classes to the students of literature. In these, he drew his material impartially from the Indian epics and popular tales as wel as from westem fables and biographies His Bengali Primer for beginners is even today in household use But Vidyasagar was not a mere scholar orman of letters. As an educational reformer, he opened the Sanskrit College to non Brahmin boys and provided some English Education for classical scholars as wet As an administrator of vision, he rendered splendid service in his capacity of government inspector and in lour districts he organised a total of 35 girl schools and 20 model schools. He wan closely associated from its early days with the institution which now bears his name and which under his fostering care became the outstanding example of a non-official, secular and popular institution for higher education with a purely Indian teaching staff. He was equally interested in women's higher education, and was the secretary to the Bethune School for sometime.