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 Sanskrit learning and the Sanskrit Dictionary Sabdakalpadrum is his supreme claim to enduring fame. His death moved Vidyasagar sincerely.

In July he married his eldest daughter Hemalata Deby to Gopal Chandra Somajpati of Nadia. About this time appeals were put forth in the Hindu Patriot as well as other papers, inviting public contribution to indemnify Vidyasagar for his heavy debts on account of widow marriages. He was then at Birsingha and knew nothing of the appeal. When he returned to the city and heard of the fact, he at once notified that he himself would be able to settle his debts in course of a few years.

Babu Ram Gopal Ghose, the renowned orator of Bengal and an indefatigable social and political reformer, departed the world on the 21st January, 1868. Vidyasagar felt the loss keenly. Two months later Babu Sarada Prasad Roy, Zamindar of Chakdighi (Burdwan), breathed his last. This gentleman, who was issueless, had once a mind to