Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

GS PAPER I: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.

Context: PM pays homage to Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on his Jayanti.

About Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay:

• He was an Indian novelist, poet and journalist.
• He was the composer of Vande Mataram, originally in Sanskrit, personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring activists during the Indian Independence Movement.
• He is known as Sahitya Samrat (Emperor of Literature) in Bengali.
• Anandamath (The Abbey of Bliss, 1882) is a political novel, which depicts a Sannyasi (Hindu ascetic) army fighting a British force. The book calls for the rise of Indian nationalism.

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