Bankimchandra Chatterjee or Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, CBE (26 June 1838–8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet and journalist. He was the composer of Vande Mataram, originally in Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring activists during the Indian Independence Movement. Chattopadhyay wrote thirteen novels and many serious, serio-comic, satirical, scientific and critical treatises in Bengali.
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27 June 1838 Naihati
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8 April 1894 (aged 55) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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