Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
June 26, 1838 –April 8, 1894
Writer, Novelist, Civil servant, Poet, Essayist, Journalist
Lived 55 years
- Born in
- Kanthalpara
- Passed away in
- Kolkata
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.
Notable works: Anandamath, Kapalkundala, Durgeshnandini, Bishbriksha, Devi Chaudhurani, Krishnakanter Will, Mrinalini, Rajani Education: University of Calcutta, Presidency University, Hooghly Mohsin College, Hooghly Collegiate School
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