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 In June 1861 Harish Chandra Mukherji, founder of the "Hindu Patriot," died and its new proprietor Babu Kali Prasanna Singha, after conducting it at a loss, transferred it to Vidyasagar. The latter requested Kristo Das Pal, a youth of great promise, to take the editorial charge and handed over the proprietorship to a body of Trustees in July 1862. They made over the management to the willing and capable hands of Kristo Das who in a short time raised the paper to a position of great influence and prestige.

Here is another instance of Vidyasagar's talent for choosing the right person. Two years before he retired from official life, Sarada Prasad Ganguly, an ex-student of Sanskrit College, had solicited him for some means of subsistence. He had started for the sole benefit of this youth, who was hard of hearing, a Bengali weekly Soma Prakash. It came out on Mondays. Sarada Prasad was made publisher, while Vidyasagar wrote most of the articles. Madan