GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Raja Rammohan Rai
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Padit Rambai
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Detailed explanation-1: -SUNDARAM SINGH. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a Bengali educator and social reformer from Indian state of West Bengal. For his enormous contribution, Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, was passed in 1856. He wrote the book ‘Bahubivah’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some of his works are : Betaal Panchavinsati (1847), Banglar Itihaas (1848), Jivancharita (1849), Shakuntala (1854), Mahabharata (1860), Seetar Vanavas (1860), Bhrantivilaas (1869), Oti Alpa Hoilo (1873), Aabaar Oti Alpa Hoilo (1873), Brajavilaas (1884), Ratnopariksha (1886).
Detailed explanation-3: -Vidyasagar was a prolific and vigorous writer. Among his works are Vetal pancavimsati (1847; “Twenty-five Tales of a Goblin”); Shakuntala (1854), which was based on a famous play by the Sanskrit poet and dramatist Kalidasa; and Sitar vanavas (1860; “The Exile of Sita”).
Detailed explanation-4: -Vidyasagar championed the upliftment of the status of women in India, particularly in his native Bengal. Unlike some other reformers who sought to set up alternative societies or systems, he sought to transform society from within.