{"id":9213,"date":"2023-09-26T05:37:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T05:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecrimebd.net\/english\/?p=9213"},"modified":"2023-09-26T05:37:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T05:37:08","slug":"ishwarchandra-vidyasagars-birthday-is-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecrimebd.net\/english\/news\/9213\/","title":{"rendered":"Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar&#8217;s birthday is today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>The Crime Desk:<\/strong> Today is the 203rd birthday of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, who enlightened India by changing society.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The first significant poet of Bengali prose literature was born on September 26, 1820.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He was born into a poor Brahmin family in Birsingh village in the Medinipur district of Calcutta, West Bengal, India.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Guni continued his education even in the face of endless poverty and a severe financial crisis.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Over time, Vidyasagar has become <\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">There is a tradition around him that he continued his studies by sitting under a lamppost on the street, as he could not afford to light the house at night.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">After learning Sanskrit at the village school, he moved to Calcutta with his father.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">There, he also focused on learning different languages.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">In continuation of which, in 1839, the Culture College conferred the prestigious title of &#8216;Vidya Sagar&#8217; for his profound erudition in Bengali, culture, and English. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Apart from education, he also made a special contribution to social reform.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">It was through her tireless work that women got their full rights. Hindu women got the motivation to live as human beings.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">His contribution to reforming a corrupt society is undeniable in numerous reform-oriented measures, including the abolition of sati immolation and the passing of the widow marriage law.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">This unassuming man was well versed in homeopathy too.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Besides Bengali prose, he also contributed to the reformation of Bengali script.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He was a Bengali educationist, social reformer, and essayist.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He was the first to introduce punctuation in Bengal.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The real meaning of education is the acquisition of knowledge that people have learned from their hands.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">And so Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar is ranked eighth in the list of top 20 Bengalis nominated by the audience in BBC Bengal&#8217;s &#8216;Who is the greatest Bengali of all time?&#8217;<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The pioneer of progressive reforms in Bengali society, this great reformer died in 1891.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">A hundred years after his death, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, a multifaceted genius, is remembered in his works.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crime Desk: Today is the 203rd birthday of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, who enlightened India by changing society. 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