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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (anglicized as Chatterjee) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, essayist and journalist. [7] [8] He was the author of the 1882 Bengali language novel Anandamath , which is one of the landmarks of modern Bengali and Indian literature.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (born June 26/27, 1838, near Naihati, Bengal, India—died April 8, 1894, Calcutta) Indian author, whose novels firmly established prose as a literary vehicle for the Bengali language and helped create in India a school of fiction on the European model.
Jun 27, 2016 · His epic Anandamath — set in the background of the Sanyasi Rebellion (late 18th century), when Bengal was facing a famine too — made Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay an influential figure on the Bengali renaissance who kept the people of Bengal intellectually stimulated through his literary campaign.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was one of the earliest graduates of the newly established Calcutta University. After his BA, he joined the colonial government as a civil servant, becoming a Deputy Collector and later a Deputy Magistrate.
One of the first writers in India to write European-style novels, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee inspired patriotism and pride through his Bengali-language works. They were a source of inspiration to the independence movement that arose after his death.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838-1894) The Poison Tree. Indian. Realism. Benkim Chandra Chatterjee was an Indian author born in Bengal. His education was largely British, and he was one of the first to graduate from the University of Calcutta.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (bəng´kĬm chŭn´drə chä´tərjē), 1838–94, Indian nationalist writer, b. Bengal. He popularized a Bengali prose style that became the vehicle of the major nationalist literature of the region.
