Biography : Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

  

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ,a well known Indian social reformer was born on 26 September 1820 at Birsingha in Paschim Midnapore District in Bengal region. His father's name was Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Mother was Bhagavati Devi. They had a place with a customary Brahmin family. At an early age of 6, his father sent him to Calcutta to live with Bhagabat Charan's home. He began concentrates by participating in a neighborhood school. Ishwar Chandra impacted a great deal by remaining in Bhagabat Charan's family. Particularly, Raimoni the most youthful little girl of Bhagabat Charan demonstrated a ton of protective love towards the kid. This made an immerced impact on Ishwar and was the reason to battle for ladies' equivalent status with the men in Indian culture in further years. As indicated by the Hindu traditions in those days he wedded Dinamani Devi at 14 years old. They were honored a child named Chandra Bandyopadhyaya. 

Since his youth days, the kid was shrewd in the examinations. He finished his training with good grades. The schools and neighborhood royal states granted him with the grants for his prominent achievement in the instruction. He went in Sanskrit Grammar in 1841 with masked imprints. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar needed to help his family because of their poor status of the family. So he participated in a Sanskrit College to instruct as low maintenance work. He likewise got famous information in Vedanta and Astronomy. He likewise finished Law assessments lastly participated in Fort William College as a teacher to show the Sanskrit language. There he worked five years and attempted to get the changes the instruction framework back then. Later in 1856 AD, he opened a school in Kolkata for the sake of Barisha High School. He runs the school as per his perspectives on instruction. 

As a decent teacher, his considerations were spinning around the ladies status in the general public. Particularly, the conventional traditions caused him to vex at the convictions. He needed to get the changes the status of ladies back then. Raimondi the most youthful girl of Bhagabat Charan had an honorable character. She had been discouraged about the status of Hindu widows in the general public. Her contemplations made Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar to make a big deal about the weakness and agonies of Hindu widows. As a Sanskrit teacher, he interrogated the Brahminical specialists concerning the widow status in the old sacred writings. He likewise demonstrated how the Vedic sacred writings permitting the remarriage of a widow. He didn't stop his endeavors, met the British Authorities and constrained them to bring the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act. The persuaded British specialists welcomed the pronouncement on July 26, 1856, about the 'Widows Remarriage Act. 1856. From that point forward he looked in the general public the immature widows and persuaded the families and commended the union with the widows. Indeed, even his own child Chandra additionally marriage a youthful widow in 1870. 

He was granted the title of 'Vidyasagar', from the 'Sanskrit College' in Calcutta. The Sanskrit word, 'Vidya' signifies information and 'Sagar' was Ocean. So 'Vidya Sagar' signifies 'Sea of Knowlege'. He composed numerous books on the social issues and the need of transforming the Orthodox convictions. Anil Kumar Gain, the celebrated Mathematician established 'Vidyasagar University' in Calcutta to respect Ishwara Chandra Vidyasagar. Ishwara Chandra Vidyasagar kicked the bucket at 70 years old on 29 July 1891.