Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
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Birthdate | September 26, 1820 |
Birth Place | India |
Age (in 2024) | 204 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Non-Fiction Author |
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is best known as Non-Fiction Author who has born on September 26, 1820 in India. Currently, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is 204 years, 2 months and 26 days old. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar will celebrate 205th birthday on Friday, 26th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar upcoming birthday.
An author and prominent figure of the Bengali Renaissance, he famously reformed the Bengali alphabet. His literary works include Upakramanika and Shakuntala.
His impoverished family could not afford a gas lamp; consequently, the young Vidyasagar was forced to study by the light of street lamps.
His expertise in Sanskrit studies and philosophy earned him the title of "Vidyasagar" ("Ocean of Knowledge").
He was the son of Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Bhagavati Devi.
His praises were sung by the Nobel Prize-winning writer Rabindranath Tagore.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is 204 years old today.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was born on September 26, 1820 in India.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar zodiac sign is Libra.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was best known as Non-Fiction Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1980 | At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured. |
1981 | Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. |
1983 | Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike. |
1983 | Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race. |
1984 | The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997. |
1997 | A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234. |
1997 | An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. |
2000 | Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits. |
2000 | The MSÂ Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers. |
2002 | The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MVÂ Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000. |
2005 | The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout. |
2008 | Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel. |
2009 | Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities. |
2010 | The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurred near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people. |
2014 | A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico. |
1988 | The birth of Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater |
1989 | The birth of Chinami Suzuki, Japanese model, television host, and actress |
1989 | The birth of Jonny Bairstow, English and Yorkshire Wicketkeeper/Batsman |
1991 | The birth of Dan Preston, English footballer |
1991 | The birth of Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer |
1991 | The birth of Réka Demeter, Hungarian football defender |
1992 | The birth of Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress |
1993 | The birth of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player |
1994 | The birth of Lucas Gafarot, Spanish footballer |
1994 | The birth of Jack Conger, American swimmer |
1995 | The birth of Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer |
1996 | The birth of Jessika Ponchet, French tennis player |
2000 | The birth of Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess |
2000 | The birth of Frankie Amaya, American soccer player |
2001 | The birth of Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player |
2012 | The death of Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927) |
2012 | The death of Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1930) |
2012 | The death of Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (b. 1944) |
2013 | The death of Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935) |
2013 | The death of Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (b. 1938) |
2014 | The death of Sam Hall, American screenwriter (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (b. 1946) |
2015 | The death of Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927) |
2019 | The death of Jacques Chirac, French politician and President of France (b. 1932) |
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