The 1800s in India were marked by staunch commitment towards Hindu customs like Sati. They were practices being carried down from generations for long that they had almost become meaningless.

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Ishwar Chandra Vidhya Sagar became a legendary figure for his simple living, fearlessness, spirit of self-sacrifice, his devotion to education, to the cause of the downtrodden. He introduced the ...

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is the 19th century polymath reformer from Bengal who became a powerful voice against women oppression in the state and also propagated widow remarriage. He is a revered ...

As revered as Swami Vivekananda by Bengalis, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is the 19th century polymath reformer who modernised and simplified the Bengali alphabet and propagated widow remarriage.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, an educator and social reformer was a brilliant student and person with a lot of knowledge. He is best remembered for his social and educational reforms. In literature ...

New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A prominent figure in West Bengal, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has come under the spotlight after a statue of him was vandalised on Tuesday night during violence at ...

Social reformer, writer, philosopher, educator and what not, Ishawar Chandra Vidyasagar in his lifetime achieved great feats. Vidyasagar, who was born as Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, passed away ...

The Jharkhand government on Thursday named Jamtara districts Karmatand block as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar block as a mark of respect on the birth anniversary of the great social reformer.