Names |
BANKIM CHANDRA
CHATTOPADHYAY (Chatterjee) |
Date of
Birth |
June 27, 1838
– 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. |
Date of
Death |
April 08, 1894 |
Profession / Traits / Activities |
Indian Writer,
Poet, Journalist |
Events / Works |
- December 11, 1858: He and
Jadu Nath Bose became the first two Indians to be conferred
the Bachelor of Arts degree from Calcutta University.
- 1859: He was appointed as
Deputy Collector
soon after he passed his graduation
examination.
- 1865: His first Bengali romance,
Durgeshnandini, was
published in 1865.
- 1891: He continued to work in
government service till 1891 when he
got retired.
|
Developments |
- Author of India’s National Song
'Vande Mataram',
originally a Bengali and Sanskrit
stotra personifying India as
a mother goddess and
inspiring the activists during the
Indian Freedom Movement.
- He got married when he was just
11 years old and his wife was only 5
years old.
- One of the greatest
novelists and poets of
India.
- He started his literary career
by writing verses.
- His novels have been
translated in almost all major
languages of India.
- While he wrote a number of novels, his most famous novel was
Anand Math, which contained the song "Bande
Mataram", which was later adopted as National
Song of India.
|
Commemorations |
- Bipin Chandra Pal
named his patriotic journal as ‘Vande
Mataram’ started in 1906.
- Lala Lajpat Rai
also published his journal by the
same name ‘Vande Mataram’.
|
Lyrics of the National Song "Vande Mataram" |
Vande Mataram, Vande Mataram..
Sujalaam Sufalam Malayaj Sheetalam
Sasyashyamalam Mataram...
Vande Mataram..
Shubhrajyotsna Pulakit Yaminim
Phulla Kusumita Drumadal Shobhinim
Suhasinim Sumadhura Bhashhinim
Sukhadam Varadam Mataram..
Vande Mataram
Koti Koti Kantha Kalakala Ninada Karale
Koti Koti Bhujaidhruta Kharakarvale
Abla Ke Noma Etho Bole
Bahubal Dharinin Namami Tarinim
Ripudalavarinin Mataram
Vande Mataram ...
Tumi Vidya Tumi Dharma, Tumi Hridi Tumi
Marma
Tvan Hi Pranah Sharire
Bahute Tumi Maa Shakti,
Hridaye Tumi maa Bhakti,
Tomarai Pratima Gadi Mandire Mandire
Vande Mataram..
Tvan Hi Durga Dashapraharanadharini
Kamala Kamaladala Viharini
Vani Vidyadayini, Namami Tvam
Namami Kamalan Amalan Atulam
Sujalan Sufalaan Mataram
Vande Mataram..
Shyamalan Saralaan Susmitaan Bhushhitam
Dharanin Bharanin Mataram
Vande Mataram |