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birth and ancestry.
Birth—Family history—Bhuvanesvar Vidyalankar, Isvar Chandra's great-grand-father—Ramjay Tarkabhushan, Isvar Chandra's grand-father—Thakurdas, Isvar Chandra's father—Bhagavati Devi, Isvar Chandra's mother—Predictions of an astrologer on his birth.1–18.
childhood and early instruction.
Vidyasagar's birth-moment—Admission to village Pathsala—Childish naughtiness—Good parts manifested at an early age.19–27.
advent to calcutta.
Journey to Calcutta—Isvar Chandra's wonderful memory—Admission to a Vernacular Pathsala—Jagaddurlabh Sinba's family—Isvar Chandra's Dysentery—He goes back to Birsingha—Recovers—Returns to Calcutta.28–40.
admission into the sanskrit college.
Admission into the Sanskrit College—The Sanskrit College—The Hindu College—Early professors of the Sanskrit College—Hard treatment of the father—Isvar Chandra wins prizes—Promoted to the Belles-lettres class—Wins prizes for good hand-writing—Struggles against the hardships of poverty.40–60.
marriage and subsequent studies.
Married to Dinamayi Devi—Father-in-law Satrughna Bhattacharyya—Isvar Chandra promoted to the Rhetoric class—Wins the first prize at the annual examination—
