Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- January 10, 2024
- Non-fiction Author
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| Occupation | Non-Fiction Author |
| Date Of Birth | Sep 26, 1820(1820-09-26) |
| Age | 204 |
| Date Of Death | July 29, 1891, Kolkata, India |
| Birthplace | India |
| Country | India |
| Horoscope | Libra |
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Biography
| Name | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| Birthday | Sep 26 |
| Birth Year | 1820 |
| Place Of Birth | India |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Spouse | Dinamani Devi |
| Children(s) | Narayan Chandra Vidyaratna, Narayan Chandra Bandyopadhyaya |
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is one of the most popular and richest Non- Fiction Author who was born on September 26, 1820 in India, India. An author and prominent figure of the Bengali Renaissance, he famously reformed the Bengali alphabet. His literary works include Upakramanika and Shakuntala.
His praises were sung by the Nobel Prize-winning writer Rabindranath Tagore.
He was the son of Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Bhagavati Devi.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Non-Fiction Author |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is one of the richest Non-Fiction Author from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
His impoverished family could not afford a gas lamp; consequently, the young Vidyasagar was forced to study by the light of street lamps.
His expertise in Sanskrit studies and philosophy earned him the title of “Vidyasagar” (“Ocean of Knowledge”).
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Who is Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Dating?
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Facts & Trivia
Ishwar Ranked on the list of most popular Non-Fiction Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar celebrates birthday on September 26 of every year.
Top Facts about Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
1. Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyay was a 19th century Indian educator and social
reformer.
2. He played an integral role in the passage of the Hindu Widows’ Remarriage
Act, 1856, which allowed Hindu widows to remarry.
3. He was the first to introduce the idea of mass education to the Indian
education system.
4. He founded a girls’ school and a night school in Karmatand, Jharkhand.
5. He was born in 1820 in Bengal and married at the age of 14 to Dinamayee
Devi.
6. He was given the honorific title of Vidyasagar by the Sanskrit College in
Calcutta for his excellence in studies.
7. Through much of his reforms, he sought to uplift the status of women in
India.
8. He was often called as ‘Vidyasagar, the Sea of Knowledge’.
9. He was highly educated and influenced by Oriental thoughts and ideas.
10. In 1859, he wrote a letter to the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal
advocating the spread of education to the ‘higher classes’.
11. The Wood’s Dispatch adopted a new policy towards mass education in 1854.
12. He was praised by Rabindranath Tagore after his death.
13. He was featured in the 1950 Bengali-language biographical film
Vidyasagar.
14. He opened a free homeopathy clinic in Karmatand to provide medical care
to unprivileged tribal people.
15. He was remembered in Jharkhand by the former Chief Minister Raghubar Das
on the birth anniversary of Vidyasagar when Karmatand region was renamed as
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Block.