Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was born 178 years ago
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, the composer of India's national song 'Vande Mataram', was born on June 27, 1838, in West Bengal. Chatterjee, one of the first graduates of the University of Calcutta, served as a Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector in the Government of British India from 1858 to 1891. He also started a monthly literary magazine 'Bangadarshan' in 1872.