1 History & Culture · 1.5.1 Socio-religious reform movements

1.5.1.3 Young Bengal movement and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Derozio's students questioned all authority in the 1820s–30s, and Vidyasagar later turned that spirit into practical reform: girls' education and the law on widow remarriage.

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Key terms

  • Derozio
  • Young Bengal
  • Hindu College
  • Academic Association
  • Vidyasagar
  • widow remarriage
  • Bethune School
  • Sanskrit College
  • Barnaparichay

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