Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE, born Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, 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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General Info

Male

Date of Birth

September 26th, 1820

Age

206

Birth Place

India

Date of Death

July 29th, 1891

Died Aged