Vidyasagar
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Vidyasagar may refer to:
- People
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the Bengali scholar (1820-1891)
- Acharya Vidyasagar, the prominent Digambar Jain Acharya (1946-)
- Vidyasagar (music director), the South Indian music director
- Other
- Vidyasagar Setu, commonly known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, a bridge in West Bengal, India linking Howrah to Kolkata
- Vidyasagar University, in Midnapore, West Bengal, India
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Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was born in 1820 in a village named Birshingha in Medinipur.His father's name was Thakur Das Bandopadhay and his mother's name was Bhagabati Devi. Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar helped John Elliot Drink Water Bethune to establish the Bethune Collegiate School. Vidyasagar wrote many books for children, including 'Barnaparichay', and 'Kathamala'.