Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (Ishshor Chôndro Bôndopaddhae), 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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| Date of birth | 26 September 1820
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| Place of birth | Midnapore, West Bengal, India
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| Date of death | 29 July 1890
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| Age | 69 (age at death)
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| Place of death | (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
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| Occupation | Writer, Reformer, Lecturer
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