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 acknowledged the value of his signal services in a letter addressed to him some months later.

Early in 1867 he visited Birsingha and provided separate houses for his brothers, sisters as well as his only son Narayan Chandra and settled monthly allowances in proportion to their wants They had been constantly quarrelling and Vidyasagar having failed to keep them peaceful and united, was at last compelled to arrange for their separate board and lodging.

On January 6, the Hon'ble Justice Sambhu Nath Pundit, the first Indian judge of the Calcutta High Court, passed away. Vidyasagar was deeply affected as he was one of his best comrades and a staunch advocate of widow marriage and female education. Again, on April 19 Raja Radhakanto Deva Baradur died at Brindabun. Though he was for all practical purposes against the marriage of Hindu widows, he was a firm supporter of female education. He did his utmost to revive