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 ⓘ
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
associatedOrganization Brahmo Samaj ⓘ
Calcutta University ⓘ
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 Bengal Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Bengali 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 ⓘ
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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