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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural movement
historical period
intellectual movement
social reform movement
aimedTo abolish sati
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
Bengali essays
Bengali novels
modern Bengali poetry
hasAlternativeName Bengali Renaissance
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
education
humanism
modernization
nationalism
rationalism
religious reform
social reform
women's rights
mainRegion Bengal
notableFigure Annie Besant
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
Hinduism
Islam

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Madhusudan movement Bengali Renaissance
Sukumar Ray movement Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Song offerings literaryMovement Bengali Renaissance
subject surface form: Song Offerings
Rabindra Bhavana associatedWith Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Bimala culturalContext Bengali Renaissance
Binoy literaryMovementOfWork Bengali Renaissance
Tagore associatedWith Bengali Renaissance
Hemendranath Tagore movement Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Hemendranath Tagore partOf Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance intellectual circle
Thakur family influenced Bengali Renaissance
Mira Devi culturalContext Bengali Renaissance
Jyotirindranath movement Bengali Renaissance
subject surface form: Jyotirindranath Tagore
Dwijendranath movement Bengali Renaissance
subject surface form: Dwijendranath Tagore
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Swaralipi associatedWith Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Swaralipi influencedBy Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance thought
Tattwabodhini Patrika (contributions) context Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Jorasanko, Calcutta associatedWithMovement Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Ashrumati associatedWith Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Manmatha culturalContext Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Kadambari Devi associatedWith Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Indira Devi Chaudhurani movement Bengali Renaissance
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani movement Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance
Presidency of Fort William in Bengal associatedWith Bengali Renaissance
this entity surface form: Bengal Renaissance