Unlike some other reformers who sought to set up alternative societies or systems, he sought to transform society from within. Vidyasagar championed the upliftment of the status of women in India, particularly in his native Bengal. In 1849, he against the advice of Rasomoy Dutta, resigned from Sanskrit College and rejoined Fort William College as a head clerk. This report resulted in a serious altercation between Ishwar Chandra and College Secretary Rasomoy Dutta. In the first year of service, Ishwar Chandra recommended a number of changes to the existing education system. In 1841, at the age of twenty-one years, Ishwar Chandra joined Fort William College as head of the Sanskrit department.Īfter five years, in 1846, Vidyasagar left Fort William College and joined the Sanskrit College as 'Assistant Secretary'. In the year 1839, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar successfully cleared his Sanskrit law examination. Narayan Chandra Bandyopadhyaya was their only son. Ishwar Chandra joined the Sanskrit College, Calcutta and studied there for twelve long years and passed out of the college in 1841 qualifying in Sanskrit Grammar, Literature, Dialectics, Vedanta, Smriti and Astronomy As was the custom then Ishwar Chandra married at the age of fourteen. To support himself and the family, Ishwar Chandra also took a part-time job of teaching at Jorashanko. He was rewarded with a number of scholarships for his academic performance. His quest for knowledge was so intense that he used to study under a street light as it was not possible for him to afford a gas lamp at home He cleared all the examinations with excellence and in quick succession. Bhagabat's youngest daughter Raimoni's motherly and affectionate feelings towards Ishwar touched him deeply and had a strong influence on his later revolutionary work towards the upliftment of women's status in India. Ishwar felt at ease amidst Bhagabat's large family and settled down comfortably in no time. At the age of 9, he went to Calcutta and started living in Bhagabat Charan's house in Burrabazar, where Thakurdas had already been staying for some years. The family originally hailed from Banamalipur situated in present-day Hooghly district.
Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay was born in a Bengali Hindu Brahmin family to Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Bhagavati Devi at Birsingha village in Paschim Medinipur District (erstwhile undivided Midnapore District) on 26 September 1820. īirthplace of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Birsingha, Paschim Medinipur District He so excelled in his undergraduate studies of Sanskrit and philosophy that Sanskrit College in Calcutta, where he studied, gave him the honorable title " Vidyasagar" ("Ocean of Knowledge" from Sanskrit, Vidya "knowledge" and Sagar "ocean"). Even though widow remarriage was considered a flagrant breach of Hindu customs and was staunchly opposed, Lord Dalhousie personally finalised the bill and the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 was passed. He was the most prominent campaigner for Hindu widow remarriage, petitioning the Legislative council despite severe opposition, including a counter petition (by Radhakanta Deb and the Dharma Sabha) which had nearly four times as many signatures.
He is considered the "father of Bengali prose". He also rationalised and simplified the Bengali alphabet and type, which had remained unchanged since Charles Wilkins and Panchanan Karmakar had cut the first (wooden) Bengali type in 1780. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali prose were significant. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. Widow remarriage, introduction of punctuation mark in Bengali language Birsingha, Bengal Presidency, Company RajĬalcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
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