INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Henry Vivian Derozio played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal. He was a poet and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Calcutta, a radical thinker and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-2: -The greatest contribution of Derozio was that helped discuss the ideas for social change already in the air. He also has the distinction of being the first educator in India to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Derozio and Young Bengal Movement Derozio wanted to spread intellectual revolution among young students. This brought an intellectual revolution in Bengal called the Young Bengal Movement. His followers were also known as Derozians. Derozians attacked old traditions and decadent customs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Derozio’s pupils, known as the Young Bengal, mocked the old social norms and practices, challenged God’s existence, opposed social and religious convictions and sought freedom of thought and speech as well as education for women. They admired the principles of the French Revolution as well as England’s liberal thought.