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Raja Rammohan Rai
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Pandit Rambai
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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: -Some of his books are Betaal Panchabinsati (1847), Jeebancharit (1850), Bodhadoy (1851) and Shakuntala (1855). He has also reconstructed the Bengali alphabet and reform Bengali typography into an alphabet of 12 vowels and 40 consonants. Iswar Chandra’s ‘Barna Porichoy’ is still considered a classic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Vidyasagar established Barisha High School in Kolkata in 1856 helped by Amulya Ambati the reformer.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar opened schools for girls and brought significant reforms in the education sector by bringing justice and equality for women through education. He brought social reforms to change the orthodox Hindu society from within.