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 oblige him by training up the new officer. He felt reassured and willingly met his wishes, for he was on terms of the most friendly intimacy with Mr. Halliday. On Thursdays he waited on His Honour who then conversed on various topics, political or otherwise. If he ever failed to turn up, he was sent for. He used to visit the Government House in his ordinary attire. A plain dhuti, a chadar, a pair of slippers, constituted his full dress. Being pressed, he put on the official costume for a few days. Once he said to Mr. Halliday with due deference but with decision, "May it please you, sir, this is my last visit. I feel myself ill at ease in this garb." His Honour knew that there was a noble soul under his usual crude garment and allowed him to call in any dress that suited him.

In January 1857 Lord Canning, the first Viceroy of India under the Crown, established the Calcutta University. Of the 39 members at its inception, only six were Indians and Vidyasagar was one of them.