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Bio: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay or Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (27 June 1838–8 April 1894) was a Bengali writer, poet and journalist. He was the composer of India's national song Vande Mataram, originally in Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring the activists during the Indian Independence Movement. Chattopadhyay wrote thirteen novels and several 'serious, serio-comic, satirical, scientific and critical treaties' in Bengali. His works were widely translated into other regional languages of India as well as in English.
Born: 27 June 1838, Naihati
Parents: Durgadebi Chattopadhyaya, Yadav Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Education: Presidency University, Kolkata (1857), Hooghly Mohsin College, University of Calcutta
Died: 8 April 1894, Kolkata
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