Bengal govt plans to set up museum at Vidayagar's house

September 27, 2019 13:29

West Bengal government has plans to set up a museum at the north Kolkata house of 19th century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar where he had spent the last few years of his life, state minister Partha Chatterjee said.

The museum will come up at Vidyasagar's residence at Badur Bagan area where pictures and models, chronicling his life from his birth place at Birsinghapur village in Paschim Medinipur district to the house in north Kolkata, will be put on display, he said on Thursday.

Chatterjee, who is the education minister, said this at a function after inaugurating 'Vidyasagar Academy' at the Badur Bagan residence on the 200th birth anniversary celebrations of the educational and social reformer. The minister also released two books, 'Amader Vidyasagar' and 'Chotoder Vidyasagar' at the programme. Some items used by Vidyasagar, gathering dust in the storeroom of the house, will be brought out for public viewing at the museum. -- PTI

Image: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee reinstalled the bust of the noted Bengali reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at Vidyasagar College in Kolkata in June.

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