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3 unusual facts about Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar


Bhrantibilas

Bhrantibilas is a 1963 Bengali film based on the 1869 play Bhranti Bilas by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself based on William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

Hindoo Patriot

After he left Hindoo Patriot again in November that year, the paper was bought over by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

#There is a reputed college named after him and it is located in College Street, Kolkata and a university named Vidyasagar University in Paschim Midnapore.


Shadhu-bhasha

By the time Vidyasagar, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay are creating the ground work for Shadhu bhasha, Kaliprasanna Singha, Peary Chand Mitra and others are realising the strength of the cholito bhasha.

Uttarpara Public Library

In 1866, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar came to visit the library with the noted educationist Mary Carpenter.


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