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@article{192975,
        author = {Sadananda Adhikary and Dr. Amit Bhardwaj},
        title = {Unveiling The Legacy : Vidyasagar, Bethune School And The Impact of Some Remarkable Women of That Period},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {9},
        pages = {2864-2869},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=192975},
        abstract = {Ishwarchandra VIdyasagar and Bethune Saheb played an important role in the spread of Bengali women’s education. The Bethune School founded by Bethune Sahib with the help of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, played a decisive role in the spread of education of education in Bengal. Several female students of the Bethune school played an important role in the spread of women’s education in Bengal at that time and later. Moving beyond conventional reformist discourse, Vidyasagar envisioned education as a revolutionary tool capable of dismantling patriarchal hierarchies and reconstructing gender roles within Indian society. Through an analysis of his writings, advocacy for female literacy, and engagement with colonial educational policies, this study situates Vidyasagar within broader debates on modernity, humanism, and social justice. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891) was one of the key figures of India’s renaissance in the nineteenth century, who worked wholeheartedly for women’s empowerment and gender justice. He viewed education as a tool for empowering women to challenge the prevailing societal norms and also to actively contribute to the progress of the society. The paper also explores how his initiatives prefigured later feminist and nationalist movements in Bengal, reflecting a synthesis of indigenous values and Enlightenment rationality.},
        keywords = {Women’s Education, Missionaries, Discrimination, Primary Education, Bengali Literature, Empowerment.},
        month = {February},
        }