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History of Bengal · British Raj · Bengali literature · Bengali poetry · Bengali music · Brahmo Samaj · Asiatic Society · Fort William College  · Young Bengal · British Indian Association  · Swadeshi · Satyagraha · Tattwabodhini Patrika · Sulava Samachar · Anandabazar Patrika · Tagore family · Rabindra Sangeet · Santiniketan · Visva Bharati University · Complete Works of Kazi Nazrul Islam · Vangiya Sahitya Parishad · Sambad Prabhakar The Bengal Renaissance refers to a social reform movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the region of Bengal in undivided India during the period of British rule. ... Buddha and Bodhisattvas, 11th century, Pala Empire Further information: History of Bangladesh The history of Bengal (including Bangladesh and West Bengal) dates back four millennia. ... The flag of British India British India, circa 1860 The British Raj (Raj in Hindi meaning Rule; from Sanskrit Rajya) was the British rule between 1858 and 1947 of the Indian Subcontinent, which included the present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Burma (Myanmar), whereby these lands were under the colonial... The first evidence of Bengali literature is known as Charyapada or Charyageeti, which were Buddhist hymns from the 8th century. ... Like the Bengali language, Bengali poetry traces its lineage to Pāli and other Prakrit socio-cultural traditions. ... The music of Bengal, otherwise referred to as Bangla music, comprises a long tradition of religious and secular song-writing over a period of almost a millennium. ... Brahmo Samaj is a social and religious movement founded in Kolkata, India in 1828 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy. ... The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones (1746-1794) on 15 January 1784 in Calcutta, the capital of British India, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research. ... Fort William College was an academy and learning center of oriental studies, set up by then British India Governor General Lord Wellesley. ... A name attributed to a group of radical free thinkers emerging from Hindu College, Kolkata in the early 19th century. ... // The British Indian Association was established on the 31st of October, 1851. ... Swadeshi is the Indian term for the boycott of British goods. ... Mohandas Karamchand Mahatma Gandhi, who is credited with creating the concept of Satyagraha Satyagraha (Sanskrit: सत्याग्रह satyāgraha) is the philosophy of nonviolent resistance most famously employed by Mohandas Gandhi in forcing an end to the British Raj in India and also during his struggles in South Africa. ... Tattwabodhini Patrika (Bengali: )(Tattwabodhini means truth-searching and Patrika means newspaper or magazine) was started by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore in 1843 and continued up to 1883. ... Sulava Samachar (Bengali: , Sulov Somachar, meaning Cheap News), (can also be spelt as Sulabh Samachara), a Bengali weekly, published from Kolkata, was a pioneering journalistic venture, published by the Indian Reform Association in the 19th century. ... Anandabazar Patrika is a Bengali language broadsheet published from Kolkata. ... The Tagore family, with over three hundred years of history [1], has been one of the leading families of Kolkata, and is regarded as a key influence during the Bengal Renaissance[2]. The family has produced several persons who have contributed substantially in the field of business, social and religious... Rabindra Sangeet (Bangla: রবীন্দ্র সংগীত) refers to the 2000 odd songs (about 2230) and poetry written and composed by Bengali Nobel-laureatepoet Rabindranath Tagore. ... Santiniketan (Bangla: শান্তিনিকেতন Shantiniketôn) is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). ... Established by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, the Visva-Bharati University, located at Santiniketan, West Bengal in India is a central university and an institution of national importance. ... Books by Kazi Nazrul Islam This is a complete listing of the works by Kazi Nazrul Islam, in the Bengali language. ... Vangiya Sahitya Parishad (Bengali: )was a literary society in Bengal during the time of the Raj (in 1893). ... Sambad Prabhakar or Sombod Provokar (Bengali: ) was a newspaper created by Ishwar Chandra Gupta in 1831. ...

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy · Ramakrishna Paramahamsa · Henry Derozio · Debendranath Tagore · Keshub Chandra Sen · Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar · John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune · Michael Madhusudan Dutt · Rajnarayan Basu · Dwarkanath Ganguly · Akshay Kumar Datta · Harish Chandra Mukherjee  · Sambhunath Pandit  · Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan  · Kadambini Ganguly  · Aghore Nath Gupta  · Girish Chandra Sen  · Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay · Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay · Sri Aurobindo · Swami Vivekananda · Rabindranath Tagore · Kazi Nazrul Islam · Satyendranath Tagore · Ram Chandra Vidyabagish Indian reformer Ram Mohan Roy died in Bristol, England, where this statue of him stands. ... Sri Thakur Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Bangla: শ্রীরামকৄষ্ঞ পরমহংস) (February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886) was a Bengali saint. ... Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (April, 1809 – December, 1831) was an appointed teacher of the Hindu College of Calcutta and a scholar, poet and academic of Eurasian and Portuguese descent. ... Debendranath Tagore (Bangla: দেবেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর Debendronath Å¢hakur)(May 15, 1817 - January 19, 1905) was an Indian Bengali philosopher from current-day West Bengal, in India. ... Keshub Chunder Sen Keshub Chandra Sen (Bengali: কেশব চন্দ্র সেন Keshob Chôndro Shen) (also spelt Keshab Chunder Sen) (1838-1884) was a Bengali intellectual and a noted religious reformer. ... Indian postal stamp on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bangla: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর) (1820-1891) (born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyay) was a Bengali polymath. ... John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801-1851), was a pioneer in spreading women’s education in India. ... Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Datta), (Bengali: ) (1824-1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, is a famous 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. ... Rajnarayan Basu (Bengali: রাজনারায়ণ বসু) (1826-1899) was a writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance. ... Dwarkanath Ganguly (also spelt as Dwarka Nath Gangopadhyay) (20 April 1844 - 27 June 1898) was a Brahmo reformer in Bengal of British India. ... Akshay Kumar Datta (also spelt Akshay Kumar Dutta) (15 July 1820 - 18 May 1886) was born in Chupi in Bardhaman. ... Harish Chandra Mukherjee (1824 – 1861) (popular as Harish Mukherjee or Harish Mukherji, also written as Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyay) was a pioneer nationalistic journalist, who fought tooth and nail for the indigo cultivators and forced the government to bring about changes. ... Sambhunath Pandit (1820-1867) (also spelt Shambhu Nath Pundit) was the first Indian to become judge of Calcutta High Court in 1863. ... Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan was a scholar, editor and publisher of the trend-setting weekly Bengali newspaper Somprakash. ... Kadambini Basu Ganguly (1861-1923) was the one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire and the first female physician of South Asia to be trained in the European system of medicine. ... Aghore Nath Gupta (1841-1881) was a great scholar of Buddhism and a preacher of the Brahmo Samaj. ... Girish Chandra Sen (Bengali: ) (1836-1910), a Brahmo missionary, was the first person to translate the holy Qur’an into Bengali language in 1886. ... Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, also known as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee (15 September 1876 - 16 January 1938) was a popular Bengali novelist of early 20th century India. ... Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (26 June 1838 - 8 April 1894) (Bengali: Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) (Chattopadhyay in the original Bengali; Chatterjee as spelt by the British) was a Bengali Indian poet, novelist, essayist and journalist, most famous as the author of Vande Mataram or Bande Mataram... Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo, Sanskrit: श्री अरविन्द SrÄ« Aravinda) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru [1]. After a short political career in which he became one of leaders of the early movement for the freedom of India from British... Swami Vivekananda (Bengali: স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ Shami Bibekanondo) (January 12, 1863 - July 4, 1902), whose pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta (Bengali: নরেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত Nôrendronath Dhat-tha), was one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of the philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga and a major figure in the history of Hinduism and... Rabindranath Tagore ( ; Bangla: ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj (syncretic Hindu monotheist) philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Nazrul playing a flute, Chittagong, 1926 Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangla: কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম) (b. ... Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service. ... Ramchandra Vidyabagish (1786-1845) taught at the Vedanta College established by Raja Rammohun Roy and later at Sanskrit College. ...