Mamata Banerjee to begin Vidyasagar's bicentenary celebrations at his village

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is supposed to begin week-long celebrations of the 200th birth anniversary of social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, who single-handedly battled the reluctant social elite to start women’s education in mid-19th century.

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