Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in 1838 in Kanthalpara, near Naihati, into a Brahmin family; his father was a deputy collector, and his brother Sanjib Chandra was also a writer. In 1858 he was one of the first two graduates of the University of Calcutta, then took a law degree in 1869. He made his career as a magistrate and deputy collector in the British administration, founded the journal Bangadarshan in 1872, and wrote a song two stanzas of which became India's national song in 1950. He died in Calcutta in 1894.

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• NovelThe Chieftain's Daughterদুর্গেশনন্দিনীBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay · 1865Literature