Bengal Renaissance

Reform movements which took deep roots within Bengal have often been termed as Bengal Renaissance. Bankim Chandra Chatterji and Bipin Chandra Pal referred to developments in the 19th century Bengal as a period of Renaissance.

It may not be proper to compare European Renaissance with developments in Bengal as the context was entirely different and the patterns not too similar.

However, the features which were referred to while talking of a Bengal Renaissance may be clubbed under three major categories, i.e. historical rediscovery, linguistic and literary modernization and socio-religious reforms.