Hooghly, July 29 -- Celebrated as one of Bengal's greatest social reformers and educationists, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar also had a deep and enduring interest in homeopathy, a lesser-known facet of his life that continues to intrigue historians and researchers.
Bengal historian and researcher Partha Chatterjee has drawn attention to Vidyasagar as an attentive and remarkably successful practitioner, particularly in serving people who could not afford medical treatment.
Chatterjee elaborated that Vidyasagar, celebrated as one of nineteenth-century India's greatest social reformers andeducationists, was also a dedicated student of homeopathy. Historical records and his surviving medical notebooks reveal that he treated numerous patients, met...