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In this novel Bankim also wrote - Bande Mataram - Hail Motherland - and gave India its first national song which later became a rallying call of the national freedom movement.
'This novel is a legend of the struggle for freedom, and the passion behind it seems to reflect Bankim's vision of free India.' - Rabindranath Tagore
'It is legend in the tradition of the Mahabharata.' - Mulk Raj Anand
'One of India's 60 best books ever.' — Hindustan Times, 15 August 2007199 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1882