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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was a Bengali novelist, poet, essayist and journalist.
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culture · Indian Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838–1894) · writer · novelist · civil servant · poet · essayist · journalist · biographer · also Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Baṅkimacandra Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Bankim Chandra Chatterji, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Babu Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bankim chandra chatterjee
Born 26 June 1838 · Died 8 April 1894 · Q377881
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Bankim Chandra had equal strength in both his hands, he was a true sabyasachi (ambidextrous). With one hand, he created literary works of excellence; and with the other, he guided young and aspiring authors. With one hand, he ignited the light of literary enlightenment; and with the other, he blew away the smoke and ash of ignorance and ill conceived notions
The earlier Bankim was only a poet and stylist, the later Bankim was a seer and nation-builder
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“Bankim Chandra had equal strength in both his hands, he was a true sabyasachi (ambidextrous). With one hand, he created literary works of excellence; and with the other, he guided young and aspiring authors. With one hand, he ignited the light of literary enlightenment; and with the other, he blew away the smoke and ash of ignorance and ill conceived notions”
“The earlier Bankim was only a poet and stylist, the later Bankim was a seer and nation-builder”
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Died 1894-04-08.
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Went on to become Deputy Magistrate & Deputy Collector, retiring from government service in 1891
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Was appointed a Deputy Magistrate (the same type of position held by his father) of Jessore
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Born 1838-06-26.
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“You ought to read the Poison Tree of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.”
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