Chattopadhyay's commentary on the Gita was published eight years after his death and contained his comments up to the 19th Verse of Chapter 4. Through this work, he attempted to reassure Hindus who were increasingly being exposed to Western ideas. His belief was, that there was "No serious hope of progress in India except in Hinduism-reformed, regenerated and purified".
He wrote an extensive commentary on two verses in particular — 2. Critics, like Pramathnath Bishi, consider Chattopadhyay as the best novelist in Bangla literature. Their belief is that few writers in world literature have excelled in both philosophy and art as Bankim has done. They have felt that in a colonised nation Bankim could not overlook politics. He was one of the first intellectuals who wrote in a British colony, accepting and rejecting the status at the same time. Bishi also rejects the division of Bankim in 'Bankim the artist' and 'Bankim the moralist' — for Bankim must be read as a whole.
Chattopadhyay was married at eleven. He had a son with his first wife, who died in He later married Rajalakshmi Devi with whom he had three daughters. Chattopadhyay's first novel was an English one, Rajmohan's Wife and he also started writing his religious and philosophical essays in English.
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Vande Mataram. Wikiquote Wikisource texts. The word 'Bankim Chandra' in Bengali means 'the moon on the second day of the bright fortnight'. Bankim Chandra's father Yadav Chandra Chattopadhyaya was in government service. After his birth he was posted to Midnapur as Deputy Collector. Home » Shri Bankim Chandra Chattopadhayay. Shri Bankim Chandra Chattopadhayay. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee also known as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was one of the greatest novelists and poets of India.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee had his early education in Midnapur. He was a brilliant student. Apart from his textbooks, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, used to read other books in his leisure time. He was very much interested in the study of Sanskrit.
His study of Sanskrit stood him in good stead. Later, when he wrote books in Bengali his knowledge of Sanskrit helped him immensely. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee on his birth anniversary. His writings inspired people to dedicate their lives for the cause of independence.
On his birth anniversary, we bring to you some lesser-known facts about the composer of Vande Mataram — the national song of India: Bankim was born to Yadav Chandra Chattopadhyaya and Durgadevi in an orthodox Bengali Brahmin family in Naihati in West Bengal.
He was married at the age of After the death of his first wife, he went on to marry Rajlakshmi Devi who bore him three daughters. Bankim wrote the novel Anandamath — published in - which has Vande Mataram.
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