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Correct Answer: Option (C) — Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Standard Reference VerifiedThe Hindu Female School was established in Calcutta in 1849 by J.E.D. Bethune. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar served as the Secretary of the school's managing committee. After Bethune's death in 1851, it was renamed the Bethune Female School and later developed into Bethune College, the first women's college in Asia.
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