Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

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Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), popularly known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bengali pronunciation: [iʃːɔɾt͡ʃɔnd̪ɾo bid̪ːaʃaɡɔɾ]), was an Indian educator and social reformer of the 19th century. He was renowned as one of the principal proponents of the Bengal Renaissance. Eminent scholar and Vidyasagar Society Bangladesh President Dr. Rashid Askari contends that despite his orientation as a Sanskritist, Vidyasagar embraced the Western Enlightenment ideas of secularism, agnosticism, rationalism, and liberty. He abhorred fundamentalism, orthodoxy, superstition and fanaticism and regarded most of the teachings of ancient Hindu scriptures as incongruous in the context of the modern age. The most striking aspects of his character were his indomitable passion for pursuit and dissemination of knowledge, unswerving reforming zeal, liberal attitudes and secular humanism.[1] He was the most prominent campaigner for Hindu widow remarriage, petitioning the Legislative...

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