Banerjee, Hemchandra

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(1838-1903), a well-known Bengali poet, more at home in English literature than in Sanskrit. He translated a couple of Shakespeare’s dramas, imitated Dante, Dryden, Pope, and Shelley. His style went out of fashion, yet he is remembered for his epic poem Vritra Samhara (1875-77) and his shorter poems inspired by patriotism and zeal for social reform. He became famous overnight by composing Bharat Sangeet published in Bhudev Mukherji’s Education Gazette in 1872.

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