Anandamath

Anandamath

Bankim Chandra Chatterji

ISBN: 9788122201307
5.0 x 7.75, Pb., 168 pp. $13.95

An extraordinary political novel, the epic dimension of Anandamath’s plot is based on the sanyasi rebellion in the late eighteenth century. Against all odds, the sanyasis fought the British whom they regarded as an arch enemy of the country and responsible for the terrible famine of 1772. In this novel, Bankim also wrote ‘Bande Mataram’ – Hail Motherland – and gave India its first national song which later became a rallying call of the national freedom movement.