Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was born as Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay in Birsingha village, Hooghly district, Bengal on September 26, 1820. He was born into a Hindu Brahmin family to parents ...

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.

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 they staged a protest on Wednesday Vandalised statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Photo credit: PTI) GHATAL (WB): Anguish and anger were writ large on the faces of the residents of Birsingha ...

A social reformer, an educationist, a freedom fighter and the voice against women's oppression, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's death anniversary is being observed today. Popularly referred to as ...

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, an educator and a social reformer, is one of the tallest figures of the Bengal Renaissance who started women’s education in mid-19th century. The 200th birth ...

NEW DELHI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday paid tribute to social reformer and educationist Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar on his 200th birth anniversary and remembered his efforts in ...