AGARTALA, Sep 26 (TIWN): On the occasion of 198th birth anniversary of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar a statue of the great person has been inaugurated on the heart of Agartala City.

Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath garlanded Vidyasagar's statue. The programme progressed with the unveiling of Iswarchandra’s statue at Drop gate area, known as Arundhuti Nagar, Agartala. 

A colouful rally was organized by school students to mark the occasion.

 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar  was born in 26th  September 1820 & died on 29 July 1891.

He was an Indian Bengali Polymath and a key figure of the Bengali Renaissance.  He was a philosopher, academic educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer, and philanthropist.