Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Indian educator
Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay CIE was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali prose were significant. Wikipedia
Born: September 26, 1820, Birsingha, India
Died: July 29, 1891 (age 70 years), Kolkata, India
Parents: Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Bhagavati Devi
Spouse: Dinamayee Devi (m. 1834–1888)
Education: Sanskrit College and University (1828–1841) and Fort William College
Children: 1 (Narayan Chandra Bandopadhyay)
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