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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
India's great novelist and poet Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was born on June 27, 1838 in Kanthpura village of West Bengal.
He composed India's national song 'Vande Mataram' in Sanskrit which became a source of inspiration for the people during the freedom struggle.
There was a strong rebellion against the rule of the East India Company in the year 1857 but Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay continued his studies and passed the BA examination in the year 1859.
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the Deputy Collector of Calcutta till 1891 AD.
The epic novel Anandamath was influenced by the backdrop of the Sanyasi Revolt (1770–1820).
He intellectually inspired the people of Bengal through his literary campaign.
India got its national song Vande Mataram from Anandmath.
He also started a monthly literary magazine, Bangadarshan, in the year 1872, through which Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is credited with influencing the emergence of a Bengali identity and nationalism.
Bankim Chandra wanted this magazine to act as a medium of communication between the educated and uneducated classes.
The magazine ceased publication in the late 1880s but was resumed in 1901 when Rabindranath Tagore became its editor.
During the Partition of Bengal (1905), the magazine played an important role in giving a base to the voice of protest and dissent. Tagore's Amar Sonar Bangla, the national anthem of Bangladesh, was then first published in Bangadarshan.
He studied Sanskrit and was very interested in the subject, but later took up the responsibility of making Bengali the language of the masses.
His famous novels include Kapalkundala, Devi Chaudharani, Vish Briksha (The Poison Tree), Chandrasekhara, Rajmohan ki Patni and Krishnakanta's Will.
He died on April 8, 1894.