Question

7. Write short notes on any two of the following: 6 + 6 a. Drain of Wealth b. Rowlatt Act c. Bankim Chandra d. Swaraj Party.

Answer 1

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay or Bankim Chandra Chatterjee[1] (27 June 1838[2]–8 April 1894)[3] was an Indian writer, poet and journalist.[4] He was the composer of Vande Mataram, originally in Sanskrit stotrapersonifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring the activists during the Indian Independence Movement. Chattopadhyay wrote thirteen novels and many 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.