Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a notable Indian reformer and educator born in 1820 in West Bengal. He worked to improve women's status in India, especially in Bengal, by introducing widow remarriage which was opposed in orthodox Hindu society at the time. With support from others, Vidyasagar helped make widow remarriage more mainstream. His own son married a widow lady in one of the first such unions. Vidyasagar also contributed greatly to the development of the Bengali language and literature through his works.

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Name:Afsana Urmi
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2. Ishwar Chandra vidyasagar
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3. Early life
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Date of birth: 26thseptember,1820
Place of birth: Medinipur (west
Bengal)
Father:Thakurdas Bandyapadhay
Mother: Bhagavati Devi
Education: Sanskrit College
Calcutta
Date of Death: 29th July,1891

4. Ishwar Chandra
Bandyopadhay
His family was not well off, he used to study
understreet lights at night. Because of his vast
knowledge on different subjects, the title
Vidyasagar was given to him by the people of
his village.
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Vidyasagar worked to uplift the status of women in
India especially in his native Bengal. He was a social
reformer and wanted to change the orthodox Hind
society from within.

6. Widow remarriage
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
introduced the practice of widow
remarriage and worked against
polygamy.
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7. Situation of hindu
widow women
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8. With support from people
like Akshay Kumar Dutta,
Vidyasagar introduced the
practice of wido remarriages
to mainstream Hindu
society.His son named
Narayanchandra married a
widow lady.
The first ever hindu widow woman’s
remarriage
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9. Contribution in Bengali Language and
literature
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10. Learning from his
life
• Education does not only mean learning,
reading, writing and arithmetic, it should
provide a comprehensive knowledge.
• The need of improvement in the conventional
education system.
• Girls are not burden, they can be the gems to
their parents if they are given the opportunity
for education.
• How to reform the society.
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