Ishwar chandra vidyasagar biography books

Ishwar chandra vidyasagar books pdf

DUTT , Esq. The present publication is intended to meet a long-felt desideratum. Biographies of the late venerable Vidyasagar have been written in Bengali by distinguished writers, but no attempt has yet been made to bring out in English an account of the life and career of that eminent man, although more than eleven years have passed away since he left this world.

All this long while we have been waiting to see if an abler hand than ourselves would take up this onerous task, but in vain; so, with great reluctance, we at last feel compelled to take this mighty responsibility upon ourselves. Our sole aim has been to give a clear and faithful account of the life-work of the great pundit in the simplest language at our command; without endeavouring in the least to gloss over what appeared to us as his short-comings.

How far we have succeeded in our attempt it is for the reading public to judge. We have to express our indebtedness to our venerable countryman Mr. Dutt C. Indeed, the readiness with which he accepted the task will always be gratefully remembered by the present writer. His kindness and generosity and the very valuable aid rendered by him all through the course of the writing of the book deserve our most grateful recognition.

Without his help, the work would never have been what it is. Before concluding, we feel it also to be our duty to acknowledge with thanks the help we have received from Pandit Narayan Chandra Vidyaratna in the shape of many anecdotes which he has told us regarding his illustrious father, and this we do accordingly.