Short biography of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, a famous scholar and writer, devoted his entire life to the cause of social welfare so that even today songs continue to be composed and sung in his honour.
Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, a famous scholar and writer, devoted his entire life to the cause of social welfare so that even today songs continue to be composed and sung in his honour.
Iswar Chandra Bandopadhaya was born at Birsingha in Midnapur on September 26, 1820. Son of poor Brahmin parents, Thakurdas Banerjee and Bhagabati Devi. The iron discipline of the father; the large-hearted charity of the mother. The boy was not only remarkably intelligent but full of determination.