India, 1984
A few frames of a comic book produced by Amar Chitra Katha (ACK Comics) entitled 'Vidyasagar'. This commemorated the life and work of the Bengali educationalist and social reformer, Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891).
Among his other achievements (according to the text on the back):
'As Inspector of schools, he established several schools in Bengal, particularly for girls. He simplified Bengali to make it easy for the common man. He is thus regarded as the Father of modern Bengali prose. A gentle crusader, he championed the cause of women. Through his efforts, widow remarriage was legalised, and restrictions were placed on child marriages and bigamy, that were then widely prevalent.'
India, 1984
A few frames of a comic book produced by Amar Chitra Katha (ACK Comics) entitled 'Vidyasagar'. This commemorated the life and work of the Bengali educationalist and social reformer, Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891).
Among his other achievements (according to the text on the back):
'As Inspector of schools, he established several schools in Bengal, particularly for girls. He simplified Bengali to make it easy for the common man. He is thus regarded as the Father of modern Bengali prose. A gentle crusader, he championed the cause of women. Through his efforts, widow remarriage was legalised, and restrictions were placed on child marriages and bigamy, that were then widely prevalent.'