About Ram Chandra Vidyabagish
Lived 1786 – 1845 (aged 58–59). Ram Chandra Vidyabagish was a writer and professor.
Ramchandra Vidyabagish (; 1786 – 2 March 1845) was an Indian lexicographer and Sanskrit scholar. His Bangabhashabhidhan, the first monolingual Bengali dictionary, was published in 1817. He taught at the Vedanta College established by Raja Rammohun Roy, and later at Sanskrit College from 1827 to 1837. Closely associated with the work of Rammohun Roy in Kolkata, he was the first secretary of the Brahmo Sabha, established in 1828, and initiated Debendranath Tagore and 21 other young men into Brahmo Samaj in 1843.
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Who was Ram Chandra Vidyabagish?
Indian academic
When was Ram Chandra Vidyabagish born?
Ram Chandra Vidyabagish was born in 1786 in Bengal Presidency, British India, India, Nadia district, West Bengal.
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Ram Chandra Vidyabagish died on 2 March 1845.
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Ram Chandra Vidyabagish was a writer and professor.
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