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Tripura celebrates Bengali-Renaissance figure Vidyasagar’s 198th birth anniversary
TIWN Sep 26, 2018
TIWN Sep 26, 2018
PHOTO : Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath garlanded Vidyasagar in his statue. TIWN Pic Sep 26
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.
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