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Rh The Will made no mention of stock of any kind or money in hard cash. As for ready money, Vidyasagar had never had a considerable amount in his purse. As for stocks, he could never make means to procure. Till the last day of his life, he had an income of upwards of four thousand rupees a month, every pice of which he spent on charitable and benevolent purposes. It is said that at the time of his death, he could leave only 15 or 16 thousand rupees. There can be no doubt, that but for his liberal charities he could have amassed and left lakhs of rupees. He made no provisions in his Will for the worship of Hindu gods and goddesses, which clearly indicated which way the wind blew.

On the 13th July, 1875, Vidyasagar married his third daughter, Binodini Devi, to Suryya Kumar Adhikari B. A., a graduate of the Calcutta University. This son-in-law was dearer to him than his own children. After the estrangement of his son, Narayan Chandra, he bestowed his whole paternal affection on Suryya Kumar. He was a teacher in the Hare School. In the year 1876, Vidyasagar appointed him Secretary to the Metropolitan Institution, and afterwards made him Principal of the College.

In the latter part of 1875, our hero had to suffer a most painful calamity in the death of his very dear friend, Pyari Charan Sarkar, who was a Professor of English in the Presidency College