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Vidyasagar's second term of office in the Fort William College lasted for a short period only. He resigned this post on the 8th December, 1850, and on the next day (i. e. 9th December, 1850) rejoined the Sanskrit College as professor of Belles-lettres on a monthly pay of 90 rupees. At his request, Babu Raj Krishna Banarji, his favourite pupil and friend, was appointed to the post vacated by him in the Fort William College. Some time before this, Madan Mohan Tarkalankar, the former professor of Belles-lettres, had a very severe dysentery, and absolutely needed a change of climate. An opportunity presented itself. The office of the Judge-Pandit of Murshidabad had fallen vacant. At the instance of his friend and patron, Mr. J. E. D. Bethune, Madan Mohan was appointed to the vacant place. He left Calcutta by the end of November, and his place in the Sanskrit College, consequently, fell vacant. Dr. Mouat, the Secretary to the Education Council, offered the post to Vidyasagar. He was at first unwilling to accept it. But when he was urged and pressed by Dr. Mouat, he accepted it on condition, that he would have also the powers of a Principal in the management of the College.

Unlike other colleges, the Sanskrit College had