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648 lost sight of it. The reader has seen how generously he had made provisions in his will for the good of the place. But, in the meantime the deadly Malarial Fever, which had caused a great havoc throughout lower Bengal, had also ravaged Birsingha, and had told seriously on the local English school, established by our hero. The institution had lost its existence. On the 14th April, 189O, Vidyasagar re-established the school, and named it 'The Birsingha Bhagavati School' after the name of his deceased, beloved mother.

In the meantime, our hero's constitution was gradually sinking, his health was failing him, and he was slowly losing his vitality. The reader has seen how he had all along struggled manfully with the worries and troubles of life and had always come out victorious. But alas! who has ever won the grim gates of Death? His deep-seated malady was being daily aggravated by heart-rending griefs at the loss of those nearest and dearest to his heart. Besides those enumerated before, he had to grieve and mourn over the death of his most beloved friends and relations. His very dear friends, Pyari Charan Sarkar, Syama Charan Biswas, Kristo Das Pal, Dinabandhu Mitra, and his second brother, Dinabandhu Nyayratna all had