To spread among the students the message of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, one of the pillars of Bengal renaissance, the School Education Department of Tripura organised a programme to remember the educationist on his birth anniversary.
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Born on 26 September, 1820 in a poor Brahmin family in West Bengal, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar initiated the concept of widow remarriage and raised concern for the abolition of child-marriage and polygamy.
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He also opened the doors of the colleges and other educational institutions to lower caste students, which was earlier reserved only for the Brahmins.
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For his immense generosity and kind-heartedness, people started addressing him as "Dayar Sagar" (ocean of kindness).
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Vidyasagar was a well-known writer, intellectual and above all a staunch follower of humanity.
He brought a revolution in the education system of Bengal.
