Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar or Vidya Sagar may refer to:

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the Bengali scholar (1820-1891)

Vidyasagar (Jain monk), the prominent Digambar Jain Acharya (1946-)

Vidyasagar (music director), the South Indian music director

Ch. Vidyasagar Rao, an Indian politician.

Mathukumalli Vidyasagar, a control theorist.

Vidya Sagar Pandya, an Indian banker and politician.

Vidyasagar Setu, commonly known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, a bridge in West Bengal, India linking Howrah to Kolkata

Vidyasagar University, in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India

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Vidyasagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Vidyasagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বিদ্যাসাগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) was an assembly constituency in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Vidyasagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.

It was part of Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Results

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Anadi Kumar Sahu of CPI(M) won the 157 Vidyasagar assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pryal Chaudhury of Congress. Lakshmi Kanta Dey of CPI(M) defeated Mahua Mondal of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Tapas Roy of Congress defeated Abir Lal Mukherjee of CPI(M) in 1996.Lakshmi Kanta Dey of CPI(M) defeated Tapas Roy of Congress in 1991, Samir Chakraborty of Congress in 1987, and Biren Mahanti of Congress in 1982. Samar Kumar Rudra of CPI(M) defeated Tapan Kumar Sikdar of Janata Party in 1977.

1951-1972

Md. Shamsuzzoha of Congress won in 1972and 1971defeating Samar Kumar Rudra of CPI(M) in both the years. Samar Kumar Rudra of CPI(M) won in 1969defeating Mrinal Kanti Rudra of Congress. Narayan Chandra Roy representing CPI(M) won in 1967 defeating D.L.Dutt of Congress. Narayan Chandra Roy representing CPI won in 1962defeating B.Halder of Congress and 1957defeating Shankar Prasad Mitra of Congress. In independent India’s first election Narayan Chandra Roy, contesting as an Independent candidate won the Vidyasagar assembly seat defeating Nalin Chandra Pal of Congress.

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Vidyasagar (composer)

Vidyasagar is a National award winning Indian film composer, musician and singer who works predominantly in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industries. After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil film Poomanam. Working for over 250 feature films, he is the recipient of the prestigious National Award and five Filmfare Awards.

Early life

Vidyasagar was exposed to music at a very early age of 3 by his father who was a self-led musician. He underwent carnatic vocals training first and then joined classical guitar classes from Dhanraj along with A. R. Rahman and then later followed by piano.

Career

Vidyasagar became an independent music director with the song En Anbe in the 1989 Tamil movie Poomanam. Though Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil film, he gained recognition in the Tamil music industry at a later stage. He shifted base to Tollywood in 1989.

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