Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(1820-1890)
Indian educator and social reformer
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (Ishshor Chôndro Bôndopaddhae), was an Indian educator and social reformer. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali prose were significant. He also rationalised and simplified the Bengali alphabet and type, which had remained unchanged since Charles Wilkins and Panchanan Karmakar had cut the first (wooden) Bengali type in 1780. He is considered the "father of Bengali prose".
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26 September 1820 Midnapore, West Bengal, India
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| Died |
29 July 1890 (aged 69) (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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