Tripura celebrates birth anniversary of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
The 205th birth anniversary of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was celebrated with due dignity. A program was organized in front of Ujjayanta Palace in the capital city under the initiative of the All India Save Education Committee (AISEC) Tripura unit on Thursday.Vice President of All India Save Education Committee (AISEC) Tripura unit Harokishore Bhowmik in his tribute to the educationist and reformer said, “he played a major role in women’s empowerment. His relentless efforts eradicated many social evils and made Widows’ Remarriage Act possible.”A social reformer, an educationist, a freedom fighter and the voice against women’s oppression, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s birth anniversary is being observed today. Popularly referred to as Vidyasagar, he is best known for his ‘Barna Parichay’, which literally means ‘introduction to alphabets’. His contribution towards propagating widow remarriage and spreading awareness against untouchability is immense.Born as Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay in 1820, he earned the title of ‘Vidyasagar’ or the ‘ocean of learning’ for his vast knowledge in several fields. He is known to have brought the magic of William Shakespeare alive in Bengali literature by translating a number of his plays. Vidyasagar simplified the Bengali typography and interpreted complex notions of Sanskrit grammar in easy Bengali language.
