History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET September 2013 History
Who among the following said 'patriotism is religion and religion is love for India'?
ADayananda Saraswati
BRabindranath Tagore
CSwami Vivekananda
DBankim Chandra Chatterjee ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee — Bankim Chandra Chatterjee said these words, so the answer is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
Explanation
★Bankim Chandra Chatterjee said these words, so the answer is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
★He was a great Bengali writer and one of the makers of modern Indian nationalism.
★He gave the nation the song Vande Mataram, a hymn to the motherland.
★The song appeared in his famous novel Anandamath.
★His writings linked the love of the country with deep religious feeling.
★Vande Mataram later became a rallying cry of the freedom movement.
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