UPSC 2005: Consider the following statements : 1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women. 2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University. 3. Keshav Chandra Sen’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the then Governor General. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was closely associated with, and is traditionally credited as a co-founder/prime mover of, the Bethune (Hindu Female) School established in 1849 to promote women’s education, so Statement 1 is treated as correct in official keys. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was one of the first two graduates of Calcutta University in 1858–59, making Statement 2 correct. Sati had already been legally abolished in 1829 by Lord William Bentinck; Keshab Chandra Sen’s later reformist activities did not lead to that law, so Statement 3 is incorrect. Hence Statements 1 and 2 only are correct. ([edukemy.com](https://edukemy.com/blog/upsc-prelims-topic-wise-questions-modern-history-press-and-education-in-colonial-india/?utm_source=openai))