#Anandamath was written at a time when Bengal was hit by three famines one after another, Anandamath was the story of a group of monks who fought the British during the Fakir-Sanyasi Rebellion of the early 1770s.
Banned by the colonial authorities, it was in this masterpiece
that Vande Mataram was first published as a poem.
Sadly, two years after he published this novel, an ageing Bankim breathed his last on April 8, 1894, unaware that his poem would go on to be immortalised in the annals of Indian history.
In the 1896 session of the Congress,
Rabindranath Tagore gave a sublime tune (that he had composed himself) to Vande Mataram and sang it publicly for the first time.
In 1905, it became Freedom Fighter’s rallying cry during the partition of Bengal and soon graduated to becoming fiercely emblematic of the Indian
freedom struggle.
That Every Freedom Fighter Who Sacrificed Their Lives For This Country Had #Vandemataram On Their Lips Till Their Last Breath. The Misplaced Secularism of Congress & Left Have Denied Him His Place, Nevertheless #BankimChandra Will Always Be Soul Stirrer For
Please read the English Translation of Anandmath by Shri Aurobindo & Barindra Kumar Ghosh for originality.
Bankim’s commentary on the Gita was published 8 years after his death & contained
his comments up to the 19th Verse of Chapter 4.
Here, 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".
Bankim's
earliest publications were in Ishwar Chandra Gupta's weekly newspaper Sangbad Prabhakar.
Following the model of Gupta, he began his literary career as a writer of verse. His talents showed him other directions & turned to fiction.
Did you know, the 1st English Novel from a
Bharatiya was written by him? The novel was Rajmohan's Wife.
Bankim Chandra's Novels except for Anandmath had women as Protagonists & #KapalaKundala is published by Delhi based Left Books who claims to be champions of Marxism.
Born on 27 June 1838 in Bengal Presidency,
Chatterjee got married at the age of 11. However, after his wife passed away in 1859, he remarried. Chatterjee and his second wife, Rajlakshmi Devi, had three daughters.
Chatterjee went on to become one of the first graduates from Calcutta University.
After graduation, he was
appointed the deputy collector of Midnapur.
He later also acquired a degree in law from Presidency College in 1869.
He worked as the deputy collector for 32 years & retired in 1891.
Between, he started a monthly literary magazine, #Bangadarshan in 1872 through which Bankim is
credited with influencing the emergence of a Bengali identity and nationalism. Many of his novels were published in this magazine in the form of serials. Besides, it had works by scholars, literary critics, other intellectuals. There were articles on the Puranas and the Vedas —
exhorting the intellectual community to stay rooted while embracing the ideas of modernity.
Bankim Chandra wanted the magazine to work as the “medium of communication between the educated & the uneducated classes” at a time English had become language of communication between
the educated class, widening the gulf between the higher and lower ranks of society. The magazine carried fiction too, and his serialized novels were a hit with the readers — especially the literate women. Almost all of Bankim’s novels were published in it.
Tagore was 11-year-old when Bangadarshan was launched. He would read the magazine with great enthusiasm, as the Nobel laureate later wrote in his recollections of childhood, “It was bad enough to have to wait till the next monthly number was out, but to be kept waiting further
till my elders had done with it was simply intolerable.”
The magazine stopped publication in the late 1880s, but was resurrected in 1901 with Tagore as its editor. While it carried Tagore’s writings including his first full-length novel Chokher Bali, the ‘new’ Bangadarshan
retained its original philosophy, nurturing the nationalistic spirit. During Partition of Bengal, the magazine played a vital role in giving an outlet to the voices of protest & dissent. Tagore’s Amar Sonar Bangla, Bangladesh's anthem now was first published in Bangadarshan.
Read how MullaKGandhi twists the narrative
in Harijan in July 1939,
“No matter what its source was, and how and when it was composed, had become a most powerful battle cry among Hindus & Musalmans of Bengal during the Partition days. It was an anti-imperialist cry".
Ms Really?
As a kid, when I knew nothing of ‘Ananda math’ or even Bankim, its immortal author, Vande Mataram had gripped me. And when I first heard it sung, it had enthralled me. I associated the purest national spirit with it. It never occurred to me that it was a Hindu song or meant
only for Hindus. Unfortunately now we have fallen on evil days…”
On 08th April 1894, Maa Bharati decided to take her beloved son back into her arms, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was around 56 years then, probably if he had lived up for another 2 decades,
Bharat’s history would’ve been different.
Here's the link for the tweet, where I wrote about Women in Bankim Chandra's Novels.
I didn’t know it was this bad…’ was Rao’s reaction to the briefing on the balance of payments crisis, the unprecedented devaluation of the rupee and the mortgaging of gold bullion, when being updated by his cabinet secretary a day before he was to be
sworn-in as our 10th prime minister.
Rao was not a mass leader; he presided over a minority government in the Parliament; his party colleagues distrusted him and the Gandhi family kept an eagle eye on him. ‘Few world leaders have achieved so much with so little power.’
The political importance of Narasimha Rao lies in his demonstrating to the Congress Party that someone from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty can in fact run the party and the government quite successfully.
He was not only the first Congress leader after the Nehru-Gandhis to
I had taken this from archives & do not remember the book name.
But, just read it!
The revolutionary activities have followed the beginning of the democratic agitation in the
country. Like the peaceful mass agitation revolutionary activities also were first visible in this
presidency-Maharashtra—(Constitutional Development—Proof G. N. Singh—Vol. 1, p. 232)
Chapekar brothers' activities (1895) are supposed to be their starting point (Sedition Committee
report). The Shivaji club of Kolhapur (1893) was also started, it appears, with objects similar
to those of Chapekars. (Life of Shahu Chatrapati by A. B. Lathe, p. 291). This club deserves attention
as it appears that it was apparently the first of its kind in the Bombay Presidency & was started
prior to Chapekar's. This was started by Hanamantrao Kulkarni Murki-Bhavikar.
Padmashree “Teesta-Settled-For-A-Wad”, yes you read it right.
In 2007 itself, Maino Sarkar rewarded her for tormenting Modi, conniving gullible victims and tripling the figures of the dead.
Yesterday, you read how Rais Pathan exposed Teesta,
now it’s turn of Zahira Sheikh.
In her affidavit filed in High Court, Zaheera said that Teesta was constantly threatening her with life if she did not utter what was being fed to her. Zaheera said and I quote, “If we don’t lie as instructed by Teesta, then these people will
get me and my family members killed.”
Zahira Sheikh exposing Teesta compelled her to admit that Communal Combat is not an NGO, but a business venture of a privately-owned company called Sabrang Publications.
Zahira Sheikh accused Teesta Setalvad of physically controlling her
…I am an important link who can throw light on how the victims and witnesses were Tortured, Tutored, Cheated and made to sign false affidavits by Teesta Setalvad in the name of ‘interest of community’.
Once, Teesta Setalvad's close aide, he had a
fallout with her when she cheated Naroda Gam victims.
He realised Teesta had political motivation and wasn't helping Ms.
In an interview with @madhukishwar , Rais Khan said, since Haren Pandya's family were not ready to falsely
Implicate Modi, Teesta colluded with Zakia Jafri.
Rais Pathan was was removed from the post of field co-coordinator in the Setalvad headed NGO Citizen For Justice and Peace in January 2008, as he refused to "do certain acts which were not in the interest of communal harmony".
IndiraGandhi imposed #Emergency on this day.
Lakhs suffered and amongst them, one was Snehalatha Reddy.
A well known Actress,
She was put behind the bars in alleged Baroda Dynamite Case, wasn't even in the final Chargesheet, yet kept as Prisoner, tortured beyond limits from
2nd May 1976 to 15 Jan 1977.
Died 5 days after release on Parole due to chronic Asthma and Lung Infection.
One of the First Victims of Emergency 1975.
She was brutally assaulted & abused by Congress Goons in prison.
Madhu Dandavate in his prison memories writes,
"I Can Hear The Screams Of Snehalatha In The Middle Of The Night From Her Cell"
When Congress talks about Killing the spirit of Democracy and Constitution, they forget the lady who died due to their policies and true Tyranny.