Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay

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Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, better known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, was a 19th-century Indian educator, social reformer, and key figure in the Bengal Renaissance renowned for his work on widow remarriage and modernization of the Bengali language.

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Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bengal Renaissance figure ⓘ
educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
advocated curriculum reform in traditional Sanskrit education ⓘ
opening schools for girls ⓘ
use of simple Bengali prose in textbooks ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ⓘ
burialPlace Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
countryOfCitizenship British India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1820-09-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1891-07-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Calcutta Sanskrit College’s Grammar School ⓘ
Sanskrit College, Calcutta ⓘ
employer Fort William College ⓘ
Sanskrit College, Calcutta ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bengali ⓘ
familyName Bandyopadhyay ⓘ
fieldOfWork Bengali language modernization ⓘ
education ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
givenName Ishwar Chandra ⓘ
hasMonument Vidyasagar Setu named in his honor ⓘ
linked to: Nivedita Setu

statue on College Street, Kolkata ⓘ
honorificTitle Vidyasagar ⓘ
honorificTitleMeaning Ocean of Knowledge ⓘ
influenced Bengali primary education ⓘ
modern Bengali prose style ⓘ
knownFor campaign for Hindu widow remarriage ⓘ
promotion of women’s education ⓘ
reforms in Bengali alphabet and prose ⓘ
simplification of Bengali typography ⓘ
work against child marriage ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
legacy considered one of the pillars of the Bengal Renaissance ⓘ
remembered as a symbol of rationalism and humanism in 19th-century Bengal ⓘ
legislativeAchievement influenced passage of Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act 1856 ⓘ
movement Bengal Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Bengali Renaissance
notableWork Barnaparichay ⓘ
Betal Panchabingshati (adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Betal Panchabinsati

Bodhodaya ⓘ
Kathamala ⓘ
Shakuntala (adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Story of Shakuntala

Sitar Banabas (adaptation) ⓘ
Upakramanika ⓘ
occupation educationist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Birsingha ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Ghatal subdivision ⓘ
Paschim Medinipur district ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bengal Presidency ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
positionHeld Principal of Sanskrit College, Calcutta ⓘ
Secretary of Bethune School ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
supportedBy Governor-General Lord Dalhousie on widow remarriage issue ⓘ

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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar → birthName → Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay ⓘ
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar → givenName → Ishwar Chandra ⓘ
linked to: Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay