Ishwar chandra vidyasagar

    Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Date of Birth: September 26, 1820

Place of Birth: Village Birshingha, District Medinipur, Bengal Presidency (now in West Bengal)

Parents: Hakurdas Bandyopadhyay (Father) and Bhagavati Devi (Mother)

Wife: Dinamani Devi

Children: Narayan Chandra Bandyopadhyay

Education: Sanskrit College Calcutta

Movement: Bengal Renaissance

Social Reforms: Widow Remarriage 

Religious Views: Hinduism

Publications: Betaal Panchabinsati (1847); Jeebancharit (1850); Bodhadoy (1851); BornoPorichoy (1854); Sitar Bonobash (1860);

Death: July 29, 1891

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891) was as one of the mainstays of Bengal renaissance who figured out how to proceed with the social changes development that was begun by Raja Rammohan Roy in the mid 1800s. Vidyasagar was a notable author, scholarly or more each of the a staunch supporter of mankind. He had a monumental character and was loved even by the British specialists of his time. He achieved an insurgency in the Bengali instruction framework and refined the manner in which Bengali language was composed and educated. His book, 'Borno Porichoy' (Introduction precisely), is as yet utilized as the early on content to learn Bengali letter sets. The title 'Vidyasagar' (sea of learning) was given to him because of his tremendous information in a few subjects. Writer Michael Madhusudan Dutta while expounding on Ishwar Chandra stated: "The virtuoso and insight of an antiquated sage, the vitality of an Englishman and the core of a Bengali mother".

Life and Education

Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya was conceived in Birsingha town of Midnapore locale in Bengal on September 26, 1820. His dad, Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and mother Bhagavati Devi were religious people. The financial state of the family was not well so Ishwar needed to spend his youth in the midst of shortage of fundamental assets. In the midst of this, Ishwar Chandra was a determined kid with a splendid personality and he centered his willfulness in his investigations. He learned essentials of Sanskrit at the town pathshaala after which he set out for Calcutta with his dad in 1826. There are a few fantasies viewing his brightness and commitment as an understudy. It is said that Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar learned English numerals by following the achievements marks on his approach to Calcutta. His dad Thakurdas remained at Burrabazar region in Calcutta alongside his children and cash was rare so Ishwar Chandra used to help in family errands after school hours, and during the evening he used to ponder under the gas lit road lights to spare oil for cooking the following day.

He easily got through his exercises and cleared all the important tests. He learned Vedanta, Vyakaran, Literature, Rhetoric's, Smriti and Ethics in Sanskrit College during 1829 to 1841. He earned customary grants and later took up a showing position in a school in Jorasanko to help his family's budgetary condition. He participated in a challenge testing information in Sanskrit in 1839 and earned the title of 'Vidyasagar' which means Ocean of Knowledge. That year Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar effectively cleared his Law assessment. 

Vidyasagar got hitched at fourteen years old to Dinamani Devi and the couple had a child named Naraya Chandra

Social Reforms

Vidyasagar was constantly vocal about the mistreatment that the general public perpetrated on ladies around then. He was near his mom who was a lady of incredible character, who guided him once to plan something for mitigate the agony and vulnerability of Hindu widows, who had to carry on with an existence of denial. They were prevented fundamental joys from claiming life, minimized in the general public, regularly misused unjustifiably and treated as a weight by their family. Vidyasagar's caring heart couldn't take their situation and he made it his central goal to improve the personal satisfaction for these defenseless ladies. He confronted seething restriction from conventional society which named the idea as something apostate. He tested the Brahminical specialists and demonstrated that widow remarriage is authorized by Vedic sacred texts. He took his contentions to the British Authorities and his requests were heard when the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 or Act XV, 1856, was declared on July 26, 1856. He didn't simply stop there. He started a few counterparts for youngster or juvenile widows inside decent families and even wedded his child Narayan Chandra to an immature widow in 1870 to set a model.

Birthplace of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Birsingha, Ghatal