Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay | |
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বঙ্কিমচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় | |
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| Born | 26 June 1838 |
| Died | 8 April 1894 (aged 55) Calcutta, Bengal, British India |
| Education | University of Calcutta |
| Occupations | Writer, poet, novelist, essayist, journalist, government official |
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| Pen name | Kamalakanta |
| Language | Bengali, English |
| Notable works | Durgeshnandini Kapalkundala Devi Chaudhurani Anandamath Bishabriksha |
Movement | Bengal Renaissance |
| Website | Bankim-Rachanabali administrated by eduliture |
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay CIE (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.