Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay

Anandamath

Historical novel of Hindu religious uprising against British rule

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Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay

Pioneering Bengali novelist whose historical romances and social fiction helped create a modern Bengali literary tradition. Anandamath, containing the nationalist hymn Vande Mataram, made him a figure of anti-colonial reverence.

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