Here are 8 facts that you should know about Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar for the UPSC Civil Services IAS Prelims Exam 2016. Read More: 1. Ideology: He selected the best from both Indian ideology as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has been accused of making obscenities during science class, and threatening the group of class 8 students with dire consequences for objecting to his indecent gesture ...

One of the oldest schools in the district, it was once overseen by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar as school inspector of the area. However, the school has witnessed a steady fall in admissions to Class V ...

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 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.

Published by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1871, Against High-Caste Polygamy makes the case that the customary practice of hypergamous marriages – “marrying up”, or to a man of higher caste ...