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082			_a370.92 _bSEN
100			_aSen, Amiya P.
245			_aVidyasagar : reflections on a notable life
260			_bOrient BlackSwan, _aHyderabad : _c2021
300			_axiv, 240 p. ; _bill., _c23 cm
365			_b995.00 _cINR _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIswarchandra Vidyasagar is remembered as one of the most distinguished educators, writers, and social reformers of nineteenth-century India. A unique combination of fearlessness, compassion, conformism, and crusading zeal, Vidyasagar was firmly convinced that the rational-scientific knowledge of the contemporary West would bring about a social and moral reordering of traditional Hindu society. Vidyasagar: Reflections on a Notable Life takes a fresh look at the life of this well-known and revered figure to both re-establish Vidyasagar’s greatness and explore the multiple ways in which posterity has assessed his ‘greatness’. This biography focuses on Vidyasagar’s lasting contributions to education and pedagogy, to the writing of highly popular school textbooks, his close friendships with some of the most prominent Indians and high-ranking British officials of the time; his humanism and his humanitarianism; and, of course, his social reform projects directed at improving the status of Hindu women promoting female education, the abolition of child marriages, advocating marriage for upper-caste Hindu widows, and opposing multiple marriages among men. Vidyasagar’s legacy continues to be important in the way it reveals the complex play of history, affect and memory, vitally shaping our attempts at understanding ourselves.
650			_a Bengal, India, Biography
650			_aCollege teachers India
650			_aEducation India Bengal
650			_aEducators
650			_aPhilanthropists
650			_aSocial reformers
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