Today is the birth anniversary of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, who was a legendary educationist and a social reformer. He played a pivotal role in helping widows get remarried and fought for women’s education as well as ending the stigmatised practice of child marriage.<br />”&nbsp;<br />”<span style="color: #222222;">Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a part of the larger social movement called Bengal Renaissance, which started with the enlightened leadership of Raja Rammohan Roy. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali prose were also significant. He rationalised and simplified the Bengali alphabet and type and hence he is considered the father of Bengali prose. He received the title Vidyasagar from Sanskrit College, Calcutta, from where he graduated, in recognition of his excellent performance in Sanskrit studies and philosophy.</span><br />