Tag: history

Hanah Catherine Mullens was the women novelist who wrote the first novel in Bengali named Karuna O Phulmonir Bibaran. It was written in 1852. It gives a description of Phulmani and Karuna.

The first major novel in Malayalam was Indulekha and was written by O.Chandhu Menon. It was a landmark in the history of Malayalam literature. The story refers to Indhu, the main character, who is 18-year-old beautiful well educated Nair lady. This was written when Nairs in Kerala emerged as upper class and flourished with high education during British rule. Response was huge for the novel which encouraged many other novelists.

Pickwick papers are of Pick Wick club is Charles Dickens first novel. He wrote this novel at the age 24. It is the first novel that has been serialized. It consisted of sequences of loose adventures. The novel’s main character is Samuel Pickwick hence the name Pickwick papers.

The author of Vande Mataram is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. He wrote it in 1870s, which was later included in his 1881 novel Anandamath. It played a vital role in the Indian independence movement, first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.

The Nashik prashasti inscription states that Gautamiputra uprooted the Kshaharata (or Khagarata) family, to which Nahapana belonged.