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Actually, Birsingha is now a village in the Ghatal subdivison of Pashchim Medinipur district, but at the time when Vidyasagar was born, this village was part of then Hooghly district. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was born at Birsingha village, in the Ghatal subdivision of Midnapore District, in 26 September 1820 A.D.
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5 Alphabet reform and Vidyasagar's other contributions.This title was mainly given for his vast knowledge in all subjects which was compared to the vastness of the ocean. In Sanskrit, Vidya means knowledge or learning and Sagar means ocean or sea. He received the title "Vidyasagar" ("Ocean of learning" or "Ocean of knowledge") from the Calcutta Sanskrit College (where he graduated), due to his excellent performance in Sanskrit studies and philosophy. He also rationalized and simplified the Bengali alphabet and type, which had remained unchanged since Charles Wilkins and Panchanan Karmakar had cut the first wooden Bangla type fonts in 1780. His efforts to simplify and modernize Bangla prose were significant. Vidyasagar was a philosopher, academic, educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer, and philanthropist. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE ( Bengali: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর Ishshor Chôndro Biddashagor 26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya ( Bengali: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, Ishshor Chôndro Bôndopaddhae), was an Indian Bengali polymath and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance. Philosopher, academic, educator, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer, philanthropist
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Ghatal subdivision, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India