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Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School?

Options

A

Annie Besant

B

Debendranath Tagore

C

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

D

Sarojini Naidu

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Correct Answer :

Option C

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Solution :

The correct option is Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.


Explanation:

The Hindu Female School was established in Kolkata (then Calcutta) in May 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, along with support from prominent Indian reformers such as Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee, Ramgopal Ghosh, and Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.


Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar served as the Secretary of the school's managing committee. He played a pivotal role in promoting female education in Bengal and establishing girls' schools across the region.


After J. E. D. Bethune passed away in 1851, the school's administration was taken over by the Government of India, and it was renamed Bethune Female School in his honor.

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