Karmatanr (Hindi: करमाटांड़ Karmāṭānṛ, Bengali: কারমাটাঁড় Kārmāṭānṛ) is a hamlet in the Santhal Parganas region of Jharkhand, associated with the later life of Bengali writer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
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[edit]Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar came to Karmatanr in 1873 and spent the last 18 years there. There, he established a girls' school and an adult night school on the premises of his residence named Nandan Kānan (Hindi: नंदन कानन, Bengali: নন্দনকানন), literally the "garden of delight". He also opened a free homoeopathy clinic to provide some alternative therapy to the unprivileged tribes.
After his death, his son sold Nandan Kanan to the Mallick family of Calcutta (present-day Kolkata). It later came under the Bihar Bengalee Association on 29 March 1974. The girls' school was reopened in 1976 as Vidyasagar Balika Vidyalaya and closed in 2014. The homoeopathy clinic is still active.
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[edit]- 1 Vidyasagar ER .
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[edit]- 1 Nandan Kanan. The residence of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in Karmatanr. His house is converted into a museum named "Vidyasagar Smriti", which contains a collection of his personal items, including the 141-year-old palanquin. The girls' school was hosted in a now-abandoned building named "Vidyasagar Bhavan".