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Original title প্রথম আলো Subject History Awards Saraswati Samman Originally published 1996 Preceded by Those Days Country India | 5/5 MouthShut Translator Aruna Chakravarti Published in English 2001 ISBN 978-0-14-100430-3 Genre Historical drama Publishers ABP Group, Penguin Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indo-Aryan languages books Those Days, Aranyak, Chander Pahar, Pather Panchali, Durgeshnandini |
First Light (Bengali: প্রথম আলো) 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.
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