Vidyasagar or Vidya Sagar may refer to:
Howrah is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River opposite its twin city of Kolkata. Administratively it lies within Howrah district, and is the headquarters of the Howrah Sadar subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Howrah is an important transportation hub and gateway to Kolkata and West Bengal.
Bengali Brahmos are those who adhere to Brahmoism, the philosophy of Brahmo Samaj which was founded by Raja Rammohan Roy. A recent publication describes the disproportionate influence of Brahmos on India's development post-19th Century as unparalleled in recent times.
Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay CIE, popularly known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali prose were significant. He also rationalised and simplified the Bengali alphabet and type, which had remained unchanged since Charles Wilkins and Panchanan Karmakar had cut the first (wooden) Bengali type in 1780.
Ghatal is a city and a municipality in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Ghatal subdivision.
Mukherjee, Mukerjee, Mookerjee, Mukerji, Mukherji, Mukhujje or Mookherjee is a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin surname originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The traditional Bengali version is Mukhopaddhae, which is sometimes written Mukhopadhyay.
Chakraborty is a surname of Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, the surname is used by people of the Bengali Brahmin community.
Bose, Basu, Bosu, Boshu or Bosh is a Bengali Kayastha surname found amongst upper caste Kulin Kayasthas of Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. The traditional Bengali version is Bosu, which is sometimes written Basu, which is alternately spelled as Bose. It from Sanskrit वासु.
Sagar is a surname and given name of multiple origins.
Ishwar is a South Asian name.
Bhashacharya Acharya Suniti Kumar Chatterjee was an Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur. He was a recipient of the second-highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Vibhushan.
Sinha is a surname commonly used in India and Bangladesh. The Sinha family name is from the Eastern part of India. Sinha belong to the Kayastha community and largely populated in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. Notable people with the name include:
Debaki Bose (1898–1971), also known as Debaki Kumar Bose, was an Indian director, writer, and actor who is recognized for his contribution in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema. He was born on 25 November 1898 in Akalposh,, Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India. He died on 17 November 1971 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is known for his innovative use of sound and music in Indian Cinema. He worked first under the banner of British Dominion Films of Dhiren Ganguly and later with Pramathesh Barua's Barua Pictures and finally he joined New Theatres banner in 1932. He started his own production company, Debaki Productions, in 1945.
Ajoy is a given name. Notable people with the name including :
Prafulla is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Sengupta is a surname found among Bengalis of West Bengal and Bangladesh. They belong to the Baidya caste. The surname is a compound of Sen and Gupta.
Vidyasagar Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Gayen, sometimes anglicised as Gain, is a Bengali surname found in the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the Indian states of West Bengal, Odisha and Assam. In Bengali, the title Gayen (গায়েন) referred to anyone involved in the medieval bardic tradition, i.e. composition of Bengali poetry and music.
Vidyasagar Rao is an Indian composer, musician and singer who works predominantly in the Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu film industries. After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil film Poo Manam and nicknamed as Melody King Working for over 225 feature films, he is the recipient of a National Award, multiple State Awards and five Filmfare Awards and is widely regarded as one of the finest and most acclaimed composers in the history of Indian Cinema.
Charu Chandra Bhattacharya was a prominent science teacher and writer of various scientific articles mainly for children in Bengali.