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	Calcuttaweb - People : Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
		Vidyasagar was born on 26th September, 1820 in a village named Birshingha in Midnapore district to father Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and mother Bhagavati Devi.
		Vidyasagar proposed the widow remarriage act in 1856.
		Vidyasagar was one of the founder member of University of Calcutta which was established in 1857.
	www.calcuttaweb.com /people/vidyasagar.shtml (623 words)

	ISWAR CHANDRA VIDYASAGAR - LoveToKnow Article on ISWAR CHANDRA VIDYASAGAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1839 he obtained the title of Vidyasagar (= " Ocean of learning ") after passing a brilliant examination, and in 1850 was appointed head pandit of Fort William College.
		Iswar Chandra's influence in the education department was now unbounded.
		And when the great scheme of education under Sir Charles Wood's despatch of 1854 was inaugurated in India, Iswar Chandra established numerous aided schools under that scheme in the most advanced districts of Bengal.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VI/VIDYASAGAR_ISWAR_CHANDRA.htm (620 words)

	Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vidyasagar was responsible for lot of reforms in the educational system in India in the 19th century.
		Vidyasagar is often known as the father of modern Bangla.
		The most cited example was when Vidyasagar helped Michael Madhusudan Dutt, one of the most notable poets of 19th century Bengal, when the latter was facing starvation, mainly due to his reckless lifestyle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iswar_Chandra_Vidyasagar (350 words)

	Catchcal.Com > Kaleidoscope > Calcutta > Fairs > Vidyasagar Mela
		Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar is a legendary figure who played a significant role in all aspects of Indian life - be it education, culture, religion, ethics or teterature.
		Hence, in 1994, the 'Vidyasagar Mela' was shifted from the village Beersingha and installed on the Maidan in Calcutta, the city which learns the holy memories of the multifarious works of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
		In a nutshell, Vidyasagar Mela is colely concerned with social welfare and development through the spread of a systematic, scientific and balanced education and participatory development programmes.
	www.catchcal.com /kaleidoscope/fair/vidyasagar.asp (817 words)

	Ralph Dumain: "The Autodidact Project": Niranjan Dahr: Vedanta & the Bengal Renaissance: Chapter 10
		Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar and his lieutenant Akshoy Kumar Dutt came constitute the hyphen which joined the Derozian camp of the first half of the 19th century with the Positivist camp of the second half.
		Vidyasagar became an enthusiastic member of the Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge and regularly attended all its meetings.
		Iswar Chandra in his turn was also influenced by Comte as he is seen to have attended the Festival of Humanity organised by the Bengal Positivists in 1887.
	www.autodidactproject.org /other/bengalren10.html (5293 words)

	Tribuneindia... The fact File
		SWAR CHANDRA VIDYASAGAR was a blend of saintliness and heroism, nobility and selflessness.
		As a child, Iswar Chandra was quite mischievous and often landed himself in trouble, yet, the school master found him clever and bright.
		This time Vidyasagar was sitting on the chair with his dusty feet on the table and there was no chair that could be offered to the Principal.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99aug14/saturday/fact.htm (728 words)

	:: Munshigonj District \| Bangla Language ::
		Among them were raja rammohun roy, bhabanicharan bandyopadhyay, iswar chandra vidyasagar, bankimchandra chattopadhyay, michael madhusudan dutt and mir mosharraf hossain.
		Thanks to efforts by Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, the increasing use of Bangla type in the printing presses helped to stabilise the shape of the letters.
		Iswar Chandra also introduced new letters and rearranged the order of the alphabet.
	www.munshigonj.com /BangladeshSection/BanglaLanguage.htm (3558 words)

	VIDYASAGAR, ISWAR CHANDRA (1820-1891) - Online Information article about VIDYASAGAR, ISWAR CHANDRA (1820-1891)
		College, and carried on his studies in the midst of privations and extreme poverty.
		British government to declare that the sons of remarried Hindu widows should be considered legitimate heirs.
		act was passed in 1856, and some years after Iswar Chandra's own son was married to a widow.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /VAN_VIR/VIDYASAGAR_ISWAR_CHANDRA_1820_1.html (852 words)

	Bengali Greats Series: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - The Fountain of Love
		When Vidyasagar went to visit the Principal of the Hindu College, he was offended by Mr Kerr's rude manners as the latter sat in his chair in a posture resting his booted feet on the desk in a complete disregard for showing any courtesy to his native visitor.
		Although Vidyasagar cannot be judged as one of the best pure literary figures of Bengal, for he mostly devoted his writing reformist literature and text books, his pioneering work in Bengali prose certainly deserves the very best of appreciation.
		Vidyasagar sent this in a 'hurry' before he went on holiday and wrote "If required I shall be happy to send in an official and consequently a more formal letter on the subject after the termination of the holiday."
	bengalonline.sitemarvel.com /vidyasagar.html (3026 words)

	BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJI - LoveToKnow Article on BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During Bankim Chandra Chatterji's lifetime the Bande Mataram, though its dangerous tendency was recognized, was not used as a party war-cry; it was not raised, for instance, during the Ilbert Bill agitation, nor by the students who flocked round the court during the trial of Surendra Nath Banerji in 1883.
		In his earlier years he served his apprenticeship in literature under Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, the chief poet and satirist of Bengal during the earlier half of the igth century.
		Bankim Chandra's friend and colleague, Dina Bandhu Mitra, was virtually the founder of the modern Bengali drama.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHATTERJI_BANKIM_CHANDRA.htm (953 words)

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		And he not only tried to reform the social rules and regulations, he was one of the people who gave the language of Bengali a modern incarnation.
		His concentration and quest for knowledge was so intense that some nights he studied on the street light as it was not possible for them to afford gas lamp at home.
		In 1839 he passed in the Hindu Law Examination and that was when he was honoured with the title 'Vidyasagar'.
	www.kolkatainformation.com /archive/vidyasagar.html (653 words)

	sai_pranam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A young officer, who wanted to listen to Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar's lecture, got down from a train with a bag to go to the Lecture-hall.
		I am an educated person." Iswar Chandra told him: "The hallmark of education is humility, not pride.
		Iswar Chandra told him: "To serve you is my reward".
	www.saisamachar.com /saipranaam/nov-2001/children_novdec.htm (281 words)

	CHATTERJI, BANKIM CHANDRA [BANKIMACHANDRA CHATTARADII-YAYA] (1838-1894) - Online Information article about CHATTERJI, ...
		That Bankim Chandra himself foresaw or desired any such use of it is impossible to believe.
		Vidyasagar, the chief poet and satirist of Bengal during the earlier See also:
		And among the younger men who venerated Bankim Chandra, and benefited by his example and advice, may be mentioned two distinguished poets, Nalein Chandra Sen and Rabindra Nath Tagore.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CHA_CHR/CHATTERJI_BANKIM_CHANDRA_BANKIM.html (1510 words)

	South Asian Media Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He stayed with iswar chandra vidyasagar, friend of his elder brother, at Calcutta and studied at the sanskrit college and presidency college.
		Sen, (Rai Bahadur) Dinesh Chandra (1866-1939) pioneer in recovering the rich treasure of folk songs, ballads and literature of Bengal and builder of the Department of Bengali Language and Literature of the university of calcutta.
		Dinesh Chandra Sen was born in the village of Bogjuri in the district of manikganj on 4 November 1866.
	www.southasianmedia.net /profile/Bangladesh/bangladesh_lp_social.cfm (4632 words)

	The Brahmo Samaj
		Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar by his side as the secretary of the Tattwabodhini Sabha.
		Despite Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar's campaign that led to the legalisation of widow remarriage (1856) in India, Hindu society had many reservations on this issue.
		Under Keshub Chandra Sen the social movement received renewed impetus.
	www.thebrahmosamaj.org /impact/socialimpact.html (1447 words)

	Nirmal Chandra Haldar's Descendants
		He was also closely associated with the reformer and educator Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar who was present and initiated the marriage of RDH's widowed sister-in-law Mokshada.
		Macaulay had introduced compulsory English and RDH became voracious reader of English classical, dramatic and philosophical works, He was the sixth Indian to go to England for studies and he did law from University College, London.
		Niroj Chandra Haldar was born on (birth date unknown).
	jagaddal.homestead.com /files/Index3.htm (326 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Inaugurating the Vidyasagar Mela at Maidan on Friday, the chief minister raised the recent controversy engendered by the statement of Prime Minster Atal Behari Vajpayee where he indirectly supported the proposition of erection of a temple on the disputed site in Ayodhya: "Our country is on the threshold of utter perdition.
		Another CPI (M) honcho, Biman Basu, who is the main organiser of the Vidyasagar Mela that will last up to 20 December this time, said, "We have registered a significant spread of education in our state in the last 10 years.
		From 57 per cent, the literacy has been jumped to 73 per cent and the next census, I'm sure, will speak for it." Vidyasagar Mela is organised every year in the city to commemorate Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, the great social reformer of Bengal.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Dec00/10/CAL3.html (310 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was a primer made easy 150 years ago and Bengalis —or anyone who has tried to learn the language — are eternally grateful to Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar for Barna Parichay (see pic right).
		The linguist had the courage to ignore the purists and simplify the language, a benefit reaped by generations of Bengalis.
		Coming up in June is the latest adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee’s Parineeta, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and directed by adman Pradip Sarkar (of Apocalypso) who has impacted the small screen with memorable music videos such as Shubha Mudgal’s Abke Sawan and Euphoria’s Dhum Pichak, against the backdrop of the Bengali milieu.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050417/asp/look/story_4626389.asp (1620 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Article
		Bipin Chandra Pal had all these qualities - he was an outstanding orator, writer, and fearless fighter.
		Bipin Chandra Pal believed that the national movement of India should essentially be spiritual, and to regard it as merely economic or political was to miss the point altogether What is the use of liberating the body if the soul is still in chains.
		There was revolution in the air, and with strong influences like Keshub Chandra Sen, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, and Bankim Chandra, Surendranath Banerjea was drawn into the eye of the storm.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000220/spectrum/main2.htm (2920 words)

	Kulin System Of Bengal Was Meant For Supremacy Of Brahmins
		It fell upon Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar to "struggle for abolition of polygamy".
		Vidyasagar, being himself a kulin, was well conversant with the abuses of the kulin polygamy of Bengal, with increasing numbers of child widows and its attendant problems.
		In 1871 and 1873, Vidyasagar published two tracts, wherein he gave statistics of kulinism with long list of names giving the number of their wives with their ages.
	www.ambedkar.org /brahmanism/Kulin_System_Of_Bengal_Was_Meant_For_Supremacy_Of_Brahmins.htm (2546 words)

	The making of a great poet - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Letters to Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar in his hour of existential crisis, are touching.
		The poet was initially critical of Vidyasagar, the best Bengali prose writer of the era, who didn’t appreciate blank verse.
		Admiring Vidyasagar’s success in widow remarriage enactment, he wrote to Basu again, “I have no objection to subscribe one half of my pay towards a statue for Iswar Chandra”.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/may162004/br5.asp (687 words)

	God can be seen
		Pundit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was born in the village of Beer Singh, not far from Kamarpukur, Sri Ramakrishna’s birth place.
		Pundit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was known as a great scholar, educator, writer, and philanthropist.
		had asked him his opinion of it, Vidyasagar had said, "I think the philosophers have failed to explain what was in their minds." But in his daily life he followed all the rituals of Hindu religion and wore the sacred thread of a brahmin.
	www.hinduism.co.za /godcanbe.htm (5252 words)

	The Hindu : Pioneers in science
		He studied in the Hare School which imbibed in him social and scientific spirit, as a result of the direct contact with two great educationists, David Have (1775-1842) and Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891).
		Jagadish Chandra Bose, besides his teaching at Presidency College, gave lectures at the IACS from 1886 to 1888.
		Ram Chandra Dutta took charge of the chemistry classes for 14 years from 1885 till his death in 1899.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2001/03/20/stories/1320017b.htm (747 words)

	A n u k r i t i . N e t - Post Graduate Diploma in Translation Studies
		New cultural awareness, inspired by the European logic and humanism and also by the exposure through the English language and British education in Bengal in the nineteenth century gave birth to what could be termed as the Bengali Renaissance.
		Notice that in the introductory note to the novel 'Anandamath' (first edition), Bankin Chandra Chatterji expresses, in clear terms, his faith in the dependence on and inevitability of the British rule.
		Though the novel offers a criticism of anarchy as its central theme, and is indeed to be admitted that the intellectual nationalism or patriotism could never be fostered by, nor it could ever communicate itself with, the class-hatred of the oppressed against the feudal lords and their foreign masters.
	www.anukriti.net /pgdts/course422/ch1e.html (868 words)

	VP News Dream 2047 Feb 2002 Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Association was inaugurated at 210, Bowbazar Street on Saturday, July 29, 1876 and Mahendra Lal became its first Honorary Secretary.
		Besides Dr. Sircar himself, a galaxy of men taught at IACS in the early years - the Rev. Father F. Lafont, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Asutosh Mookerjee and Chunilal Bose, to name a few.
		Also associated closely with IACS were eminent persons like Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar and Keshub Chandra Sen, who were among the members of the first Trustee Board, Gurudass Banerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Raja Peary Mohan Mookherjee, the first Indian President of IACS, Nilratan Sircar, Jnan Chandra Ghosh, Satyendra Nath Bose, etc.
	www.vigyanprasar.com /dream/feb2002/scientific.htm (1153 words)

	IMC India - Historic 50 years of Struggle in Students Movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Earlier veteran leaders of the AIDSO had paid floral tribute on the statues of Vidyasagar at College Square, of Subhas Chandra Bose at Subodh Mullick Square and the martyr’s column of Madhai Haldar at Rani Rashmoni Road.
		Along with this, to gag the voice of protest, education is being restricted so that the analytical mind, power of analysis and inquiry do not flourish among the large majority of students and youths.
		Also, whereas great educationists and pioneers of Indian Renaissance like Rammohan, Vidyasagar or later still, Rabindranath, Saratchandra, were opposed to dogmatism and desired education to be isolated from religion, the ruling capitalist class today, in their own interest, is encouraging communalism through education in the name of traditionalisation or Indianisation of culture.
	india.indymedia.org /en/2005/01/209992.shtml (1662 words)

	The write choice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Indeed, during his lifetime, apart from the enormity of the job at hand, Vidyasagar had to face the daunting task of fighting those people who had a vested interest in keeping the country uneducated.The fight still continues; only the vested interests seem to have grown in numbers.
		It is with this will to fight and make this country a better place to live in the world of tomorrow that the Bengal Government has taken up the literacy programme in right earnest.
		The Vidyasagar Mela, however, is just a beginning; much more needs to be done in this, the seventh year of its inception.
	www.ganashakti.com /old/1998/981228/bengal2.htm (376 words)

	CHATTERJI, BANKIM CHANDRA [BANKIMACHANDRA CHATTARADII-YAYA] (1838-1894) - Encyclopedia Britannica - CHATTERJI, BANKIM ...
		CHATTERJI, BANKIM CHANDRA [BANKIMACHANDRA CHATTARADII-YAYA] (1838-1894), Indian novelist, was born in the district of the Twenty-four Parganas in Bengal on the 27th of June 1838, and was by caste a Brahman.
		He was educated at the Hugli College, at the Presidency College in Calcutta, and at Calcutta University, where he was the first to take the degree of B.A. He entered the Indian civil service, and servedas deputy
		Bankim Chandra was beyond question the greatest novelist of India during the 19th century, whether judged by the amount and quality of his writings, or by the influence which they have continued to exercise.
	www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/CHA_CHR/CHATTERJI_BANKIM_CHANDRA_BANKI.html (1078 words)

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