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 sagar directly brought it to the notice of the higher authorities. Through his exertions the wrong was righted. He always upheld justice, and stood up for the rights of others as well as his own. Mr. Marshal once telling him to examine the papers of the European pupils a little leniently, he firmly yet respectfully submitted that he would rather resign than do anything which his sense of justice did not approve. An upright and sensible man, Mr. Marshal allowed him to do just as he would rather than lose his valuable services. He always took him unreservedly into his confidence. And whenever Dr. Mouat, Secretary to the Education Council, sought any information about Sanskrit language, he would without hesitation refer him to Vidyasagar. In this way Dr. Mouat came to regard and trust him.

In 1844 Sir Henry Hardinge, then Governor-General of India, paid a visit to Fort William College. He had an animated conversation with Vidyasagar who among other things submitted that the post