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Who played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal?
Who played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal?
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The correct option is C Henry Vivian Derozio
Henry Vivian Derozio played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal. He was a poet and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Calcutta, a radical thinker and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal. He criticized the social practices and religious beliefs of orthodox Hinduism and even after death his influence lived on among his former students.
Henry Vivian Derozio played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal. He was a poet and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Calcutta, a radical thinker and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal. He criticized the social practices and religious beliefs of orthodox Hinduism and even after death his influence lived on among his former students.
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