At the age of 30, he was appointed principal of Calcutta’s Sanskrit College. Education: He studied Sanskrit grammar, literature, Vedanta philosophy, logic, astronomy, Hindu law, English literature and philosophy and received the title of Vidyasagar - Ocean of Learning - at age 21.Birth: Iswarchandra Bandopadhyay was born in 1820, in Midnapore district in present day West Bengal a poor Brahmin family.His contribution to the country is unavoidable. Man who was ahead of his time and rose out of the ancient dilemmas and cultures to make changes in society. The social reformer from Bengal and his teachings still stay relevant today in 2020, 129 years after his death. There he started what is possibly India’s first school for Santhal girls. Vidyasagar spent the last 18 years of his life living among Santhal tribals in present day Jharkhand.
Vidyasagar wrote two volumes on the mistreatment of widows, which set the tone for major social reform in the state. How he was born into a poor family, studied by street light because there was no gas lamp at home. To not only encourage their children to study but also to strive for excellence in the face of adversity.Įvery child is told the story of Vidyasagar. The grammarian, polymath, scholar, educationist, reformer, and doyen of the Bengal Renaissance has been a ready reference for millions of Bengalis. More than 160 years after it was written.
Vidyasagar’s Barna Parichay (an introduction to the Bengali alphabet) is still the first book a Bengali child is handed. During a clash between Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party cadres.ĪLSO READ: APJ Abdul Kalam: Remembering the People’s President In 2019 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s bust was vandalized in Kolkata. He also opened a free Homeopathy clinic to provide some medical care to these unprivileged tribal people. He had set up a girls’ school, and a night school for adults on the premises of his house, which he called Nandan Kanan. Vidyasagar worked but the education beyond cast system. Moreover, in 1854’s Wood’s Dispatched which considered Mass education for indians but still considered Upper Class only. Championed the upliftment of the status of women in India, particularly in his native Bengal. He managed to continue the social reforms movement that was started by Raja Rammohan Roy in the early 1800s.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was one of the pillars of Bengal renaissance. The same year Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar successfully cleared his Law examination.ĪLSO READ: 115 years of Bengal Partitio n He took part in a competition testing knowledge in Sanskrit in 1839 and earned the title of ‘Vidyasagar’ meaning Ocean of Knowledge. Earned regular scholarships and later took up a teaching position in a school in Jorasanko, to support his family’s financial condition.
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