Bengali Renaissance
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The Bengali Renaissance was a 19th- and early 20th-century cultural, intellectual, and social reform movement in Bengal that profoundly shaped modern Indian literature, education, nationalism, and progressive thought.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bengal Renaissance | 38 |
| Bengali Renaissance canonical | 30 |
| Bengal Renaissance intellectual circle | 1 |
| Bengal Renaissance literature | 1 |
| Bengal Renaissance thought | 1 |
| Bengali Renaissance literature | 1 |
| বঙ্গীয় নবজাগরণ | 1 |
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Target entity: Bengali Renaissance Context triple: [Bengal, knownFor, Bengali Renaissance]
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Swadeshi movement
The Swadeshi movement was a major early 20th-century Indian nationalist campaign that promoted the boycott of British goods and the use of indigenous products to resist colonial rule.
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Partition of Bengal 1905
The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was a controversial division of the Bengal province by the British colonial government that sparked widespread nationalist protest and helped galvanize the Indian independence movement.
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Santiniketan
Santiniketan is a renowned cultural and educational town in West Bengal, India, best known as the home of Visva-Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore.
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Anandamath
Anandamath is a 19th-century Bengali novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, famed for its nationalist themes and for popularizing the song "Vande Mataram" that became a rallying cry in India's independence movement.
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was a 19th-century Indian novelist and poet, regarded as a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance and a pioneer of modern Bengali literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bengali Renaissance Target entity description: The Bengali Renaissance was a 19th- and early 20th-century cultural, intellectual, and social reform movement in Bengal that profoundly shaped modern Indian literature, education, nationalism, and progressive thought.
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A.
Swadeshi movement
The Swadeshi movement was a major early 20th-century Indian nationalist campaign that promoted the boycott of British goods and the use of indigenous products to resist colonial rule.
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B.
Partition of Bengal 1905
The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was a controversial division of the Bengal province by the British colonial government that sparked widespread nationalist protest and helped galvanize the Indian independence movement.
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C.
Santiniketan
Santiniketan is a renowned cultural and educational town in West Bengal, India, best known as the home of Visva-Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore.
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D.
Anandamath
Anandamath is a 19th-century Bengali novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, famed for its nationalist themes and for popularizing the song "Vande Mataram" that became a rallying cry in India's independence movement.
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E.
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was a 19th-century Indian novelist and poet, regarded as a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance and a pioneer of modern Bengali literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural movement
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historical period ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ social reform movement ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
abolish sati
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challenge social orthodoxy ⓘ promote modern education ⓘ promote widow remarriage ⓘ promote women's education ⓘ reform Hindu society ⓘ |
| associatedCity |
Calcutta
ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
|
| associatedOrganization |
Brahmo Samaj
ⓘ
University of Calcutta ⓘ
surface form:
Calcutta University
Hooghly Mohsin College ⓘ
surface form:
Hindu College
Young Bengal movement ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Indian independence movement
ⓘ
formation of modern Bengali identity ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| culturalOutput |
Bengali drama
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Bengali essays ⓘ Bengali novels ⓘ modern Bengali poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bengali Renaissance
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surface form:
Bengal Renaissance
|
| hasCoreArea | urban middle class in Bengal ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | early 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalContext | British colonial rule in India ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bengali literature
ⓘ
Indian nationalism ⓘ education reform in India ⓘ modern Indian literature ⓘ progressive thought in India ⓘ social reform in India ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
British liberal thought
ⓘ
Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form:
European Enlightenment
|
| keyTheme |
abolition of social evils
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education ⓘ humanism ⓘ modernization ⓘ nationalism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ religious reform ⓘ social reform ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| mainRegion | Bengal ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
Annie Besant
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ⓘ Debendranath Tagore ⓘ Dwarkanath Tagore ⓘ Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ⓘ Jagadish Chandra Bose ⓘ Keshab Chandra Sen ⓘ Michael Madhusudan Dutt ⓘ Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ Raja Ram Mohan Roy ⓘ Sarojini Naidu ⓘ Satyendra Nath Bose ⓘ Satyendranath Tagore ⓘ Swami Vivekananda ⓘ |
| overlapsWith | Indian independence movement ⓘ |
| precededBy | late Mughal period in Bengal ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Christianity
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Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
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Subject: Bengali Renaissance Description of subject: The Bengali Renaissance was a 19th- and early 20th-century cultural, intellectual, and social reform movement in Bengal that profoundly shaped modern Indian literature, education, nationalism, and progressive thought.
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