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What is the name of the Bengali monthly founded and edited by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee from 1872?

  1. Somaprakasha

  2. Bangadutta

  3. Bangadarshana

  4. Bengalee
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Explanation

Bangadarshan was the Bengali monthly magazine founded and edited by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay starting in 1872. It became a platform for Bengali literature, intellectual discourse, and nationalist ideas. The name means 'Bengal mirror' and influenced the Bengal Renaissance significantly. 'Somaprakasha' was by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, while 'Bengalee' was an English newspaper.

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