Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
1838 – 1894 · aged 56
Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894)
- Born
- 26 Jun 1838 · Kanthalpara
- Died
- 8 Apr 1894 · Kolkata
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- 26 Jun 1838BornBorn in Kanthalpara
- 8 Apr 1894DiedDied in Kolkata
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (anglicised as Bankim Chandra Chatterjee; 26 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was a Bengali novelist, poet, essayist and journalist.
Noted for his pro-British stance, he accepted the legitimacy of the British rule and supported English education.
He was the author of the 1882 Bengali language novel Anandamath, which is one of the landmarks of modern Bengali and Indian literature. He was the composer of Vande Mataram, written in highly Sanskritised Bengali, personifying India as a mother goddess. Chattopadhayay wrote fourteen novels and many serious, serio-comic, satirical, scientific and critical treatises in Bengali. He is known as Sahitya Samrat (Emperor of Literature) in Bengali.
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