BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAY

June 29, 2021

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid homage to Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on his Jayanti.

About:

  • Bankim Chandra Chatterjee or Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838 – 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet and journalist.

  • He is known as Sahitya Samrat (Emperor of Literature) in Bengali. He wrote fourteen novels and many serious, serio-comic, satirical, scientific and critical treatises in Bengali.

  • He also received the title of Rai Bahadur in 1891.

  • One of his brothers, Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay was also a novelist and is known for his book "Palamau". 

Source : PIB

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