A Small Desk used by Babu Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Title
A Small Desk used by Babu Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Accession Number
R2825
Museum Name
Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Gallery Name
National Leaders Gallery
Object Type
Miscellaneous Artefacts
Main Material
Wood
Provenance
Presented by his Grandson Mr Brajendra Sundar Banerjee, M.A.B.L., Advocate, High Court, Calcutta
Dimensions
48"x30"x30"
Brief Description
A small desk constantly used by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838-
94), eminent Indian author, whose novels firmly established
prose as a literary vehicle for the Bengali language and helped
create in India a school of fiction on the European model.
Said to be the table on which Chatterjee in 1882 wrote his novel
Ānandamaṭh, which contained the song "Bande Mātaram" ("Hail to
thee, Mother"), which later became the hymn and slogan of Indian
nationalists in their struggle for independence from British
colonial rule.
A Small Desk used by Babu Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
