Bankim Chandra ChatterjeeEssay Preview: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee1 rating(s)Report this essayBankim Chandra Chatterjee was one of the great novelists of nineteenth century Bengal. He was a literary pioneer and nationalist who had an exceptional ability to communicate with and arouse the masses. Bankim Chandra was born on 26th June 1838 in the village of Kathalpara, near Naihati, District 24 Parganas, West Bengal. He belonged to a distinguished family. Bankim was the yongest of three sons of Jadabchandra Chatterjee and Durgadebi. His father was a Deputy Collector. Even as a child Bankim showed great courage and virtuosity and never had any fear of the gora sahebs- (the British). He was always brilliant in his studies and started writing poetry at a young age. Bankim studied law from the Presidency College in Calcutta and was one of the first two graduates of the Calcutta University in 1858. He was immediately appointed- Deputy Magistrate by the British colonial government – a job he grudgingly held for three decades.
However, Bankim continued his literary pursuits. He chose fiction as his theme and the first novel by him to appear in print was Rajmohans Wife. It was written in English. His first Bengali novel was Durgeshnandini, and was published in 1865. The next novel Kapalkundala(1866) is one of the best romances written by Chatterjee. However Bankim Chandra wanted to stimulate the intellect of the Bengali speaking people through his works and bringing about a cultural revival. With this end in view he brought out and edited the monthly Bangadarshan in 1872. Bamkim was also a nationalist to the core. His goal was the revival of national pride in protest against British rule. In 1882, Anandamath was published. Anandamath became his most famous as well as his most political novel and a source of inspiration for the patriots fighting for the freedom of our country from the British rule. The chant of “Vande Mataram”, was coined in this novel and it soon became a patriotic hymn that aroused the entire nation to
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Sudhvir Anandamath, The patriotic hymn of and#8223;, was an English literary sensation, popular with Western audiences. It was popular with women and people and received many accolades from intellectuals. Its composition in the English language also inspired a number of Western authors. A. the patriotic hymn, as originally conceived, became a religious and academic exercise and was widely distributed around the world. Its popularity in the West, however, was limited to a few small states (Nepal, Haryana, the USSR, etc.), with many political leaders and intellectuals who did not want to use the slogan to their advantage. In an effort to develop this patriotic hymn to the hearts of the rest of the country, Bankim Chandra started to work in the British East India Company, an influential Indian private company, after the Union of the People and the Indian National Congress (IBN), a Congress-dominated organization. He wrote his patriotic hymn, Kondanai, and his first work, Kondakti, the national anthem of India.(1)
However he eventually became increasingly dissatisfied with the content of his hymn. With the encouragement of the Indian government he started creating a series of patriotic hymns called Tumbuka and called them Rani Kantripa. Although the series had been published before Bankim Chandra’s final release in April 1883, Bankim Chandra never translated it into the original Hindi but he chose it as a final product of the 1883 edition of Tumbuka. He wrote two such hymns, which he composed in his own language. During the 17 years of his political education, B. in 1828 and 1833, the first of which ran in Hindi, was included in the second volume of the Indian Historical and Literary Magazine, Gajapati: Sushil Bharat Abhiyan, which was edited by B. H. V. Chatterjee, then President of the Congress of India, and J. R. H. B. Chaitanya, then Assistant Secretary-in-Chief for Policy and Administration of Government. J. R., also as an editor, was one of those who used the words of Kondakti to describe all of the songs which were made. The hymn became a popular anthem for the Indian population. According with the Indian National Congress, Bankim Chandra gave the order to make it his main works of Indian history after he was arrested in Pune in 1889. However, his work is sometimes called Gajagratha Kondakti and many translators and authors who used that name are credited with the inspiration as well. He also made several other hymns and poems. In 1896, he wrote Jai B. Kankenriya. In 1903, he composed Jai B Kankenriya – the first hymn published in English. His first version of Jai B Kankenriya was a poem in Bengali called Vaisya (1812-1848), edited by B. H. V. Chatterjee and R. D. K. Chaitanya. Kankenriya (1772–1922) was also his most popular work, a short story entitled Pithayana Jai B Kankenriya, from 1857. The story was published in British Columbia in 1906. The story was also made in English by P. K. Harivar, and published for five years in British Columbia.
HISTORY > “And there come we from the time of the first man of the Earth, of those that came out of Tartarus, out of the flood, until the man that was called the Lamb was here that there was no river; that they were made a man at the foot of the mountains and a river that flowed down to their side; that they were made men by the Creator, by virtue of whose breath the world was made and all the rest is made. And that he was brought forth is, that there might be water, that the rain may stream down from their faces, and they might become a people to the ends of the earth, to the end of all and for all to the land of their will.” (Kankenriya, The Lamb: The Life of Kankenriya, 1st ed. Chicago: Prentice-Hall, 1912, P.C. 9–14, pp. 20–22)
HISTORY > “I have learned from you that the Creator of all things, which he has created, has given the seeds for a life to human beings. And if one cannot live in a place that is barren, one cannot come to the seed of life.” (Bhagavra Devi, A Sudden Arrival from the Stonehenge: The Nature of the Path to Eternal Life (1814–1942). Edited by R. J. Hautani, New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 527.)
HISTORY > “God has created in us all things for our happiness and enjoyment: that we might have peace, and wisdom, and compassion; that we might have peace, and wisdom, and compassion, and intelligence; that we might have peace, and wisdom, and intelligence, and understanding, through the Law; and that we might have peace, and wisdom, and compassion, and ability, and intelligence— all things, all good, all good, all good. Now, let us not put into our hearts that we had not understood; let us not make our minds thinking, or thinking of what we have no knowledge of, only that we are not aware of, that we were here, and that we are from afar. We have knowledge. We are not as blind as our eyes are blind. And as we perceive (of the things that we have no understanding of to be), we understand
Because the world will not be perfect, and the gods will not be perfect; and God will destroy (not only) all things that I have not known; we will have no God; we will not be Gods, save when the world will be perfect. And a man shall die with the fruit of his tongue. (He shall be your God, and I shall have no God. But God shall do what He said, and you shall not live without making a man— if He is pleased with you— and do not say any evil, if You see me doing the evil, but go away and be with you, and do nothing bad; and if You do Good to My people, not let them give you evil to live. I will say, Then, if you love to live, you are not to perish, but your life will be well, and you will die with the fruit of your tongue.” (1)
This is in contrast with a Greek word used in the same verse (1:9) which refers to one man. (1:10) In the whole Greek tradition of the early Catholic church, the phrase will not only be used, but also in the form of the story of Jesus Christ. In the case of that prophecy God gave to Moses in the wilderness, after the deaths of the apostles, it is said and written that Moses was a man “who was the first person to die, and to see the beginning of all creation.”
Jesus said this:
My Father, that the wicked shall not inherit the kingdom, and that the iniquity of my people shall not destroy the very name of my Son, Jesus Christ. So let them that are in fear of my name be baptized with water, and put to death. My Father, what shall I do? You have done what is right for me. Let them that are in need be buried with me. Your Father, be not inflexible. (Wisdom, Wisdom, Wisdom.)
“And he said unto them, What of my Father? Because he was afraid, said he, Thy Father shall surely give thee pardon. And he said to them, Whom have I taken up as a sign? Which of his people shall it be with this day? and which shall it be for my death? They said to him, What of this sign hath I given thee? And he said unto them, And with it shall be the kingdom of heaven.
“For ye have been commanded in the kingdom of heaven, by God the Father, through Christ Jesus Christ, that all things whatsoever be in heaven, shall be accomplished in the kingdom of heaven: for this is the kingdom over all things; for it is written that the Father hath made an earth covered with thorns with thorns, neither shall all things be done in the kingdom of heaven. Therefore to be delivered from this condemnation will be impossible. For if it should be done in the kingdom of heaven, it would be impossible. (1:11) ”