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Which one of the following statements about Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is NOT correct?

Options

  1. AHe was the Principal of Sanskrit College, Calcutta
  2. BHe was a Government Inspector of Schools
  3. CHe was a Secretary to the Bethune School
  4. DHe was the founder of Widow Remarriage Association

Correct answer

D. He was the founder of Widow Remarriage Association

Step-by-step solution

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was appointed as the Principal of Sanskrit College, Calcutta in 1851. He served as a Government Inspector of Schools for South Bengal in 1855. He was closely associated with the Bethune School and served as its Secretary. The Widow Remarriage Association was founded by Vishnu Shastri Pandit and Mahadev Govind Ranade in Maharashtra, not by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Although Vidyasagar played a crucial role in the passing of the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856, he did not found the Wid

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