![]() The cover image of প্রথম আলো (First Light, part 1) published by Ananda Publishers
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Author | Sunil Gangopadhyay |
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Original title | প্রথম আলো |
Translator | Aruna Chakravarti |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Subject | History |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Ananda Publishers, Penguin Books |
Published in English
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2001 |
Awards | Saraswati Samman |
ISBN | |
OCLC | 47225450 |
Preceded by | Those Days |
First Light (Bengali: ) is a novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It encompasses the second half of nineteenth century of Indian history, specially then ongoing Bengal Renaissance. The story of the novel centers on many historical figures including Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, George Curzon, etc.