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The Young Bengal Movement peripherally included Christians such as Reverend [[Alexander Duff (missionary)|Alexander Duff]] (1809–1878), who founded the [[Scottish Church College|General Assembly's Institution]], and his students like [[Lal Behari Dey]] (1824–1892), who went on to renounce Hinduism. Latter-day inheritors of the legacy of the Young Bengal Movement include scholars like [[Brajendra Nath Seal]] (1864–1938), who went on to be one of the leading theologians and thinkers of the Brahmo Samaj.
The Young Bengal Movement peripherally included Christians such as Reverend [[Alexander Duff (missionary)|Alexander Duff]] (1809–1878), who founded the [[Scottish Church College|General Assembly's Institution]], and his students like [[Lal Behari Dey]] (1824–1892), who went on to renounce Hinduism. Latter-day inheritors of the legacy of the Young Bengal Movement include scholars like [[Brajendra Nath Seal]] (1864–1938), who went on to be one of the leading theologians and thinkers of the Brahmo Samaj.
The Derozians however failed to have a long term impact. Derozio was removed from the Hindu college in 1831 because of radicalism. The main reason for their limited success was social conditions prevailing at that time which were not ripe for adoption of radical ideas. Further, they did not link masses through peasant causes.
The Derozians however failed to have a long-term impact. Derozio was removed from the Hindu college in 1831 because of radicalism. The main reason for their limited success was social conditions prevailing at that time which were not ripe for adoption of radical ideas. Further, they did not link masses through peasant causes.


Young Bengal followed classical economics and was composed of free traders who took inspiration from [[Jeremy Bentham]], [[Adam Smith]], and [[David Ricardo]]:
Young Bengal followed classical economics and was composed of free traders who took inspiration from [[Jeremy Bentham]], [[Adam Smith]], and [[David Ricardo]]:


:"With respect to the questions relating to Political Economy, they all belong to the school of Adam Smith. They are clearly of opinion that the system of monopoly, the restraints upon trade, and the international laws of many countries, do nothing by paralyse the efforts of industry, impede the progress of agriculture and manufacture, and prevent commerce from flowing in its natural course."<ref>Sartori, Andrew. (2008) ''Bengal in Global Concept History,'' Chicago, University of Chicago Press. pp. 92–93</ref>
:"With respect to the questions relating to Political Economy, they all belong to the school of Adam Smith. They are clearly of opinion that the system of monopoly, the restraints upon trade, and the international laws of many countries, do nothing but paralyse the efforts of industry, impede the progress of agriculture and manufacture, and prevent commerce from flowing in its natural course."<ref>Sartori, Andrew. (2008) ''Bengal in Global Concept History,'' Chicago, University of Chicago Press. pp. 92–93</ref>


==Organisations==
==Organisations==
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===Academic Association===
===Academic Association===
Derozio joined Hindu College in 1826 and within a short period attracted students. The Academic Association was established in 1828 under the guidance of Derozio and settled down in Maniktala. Derozio was its president. One of his students, Uma Charan Basu, was its secretary. The principal speakers in the association were: [[Rasik Krishna Mallick]], [[Krishna Mohan Banerjee]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Reverend Krishnamohan Bandyopadhyaya|last=Das|first=Mayukh|publisher=Paschimbanga Anchalik Itihas O Loksanskriti Charcha Kendra|year=2014|isbn=978-81-926316-0-8|location=Kolkata}}</ref> [[Ramgopal Ghosh]], [[Radhanath Sikdar]], [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], and [[Hara Chandra Ghosh]]. Amongst its organisers were [[Ramtanu Lahiri]], [[Sib Chandra Deb]] and [[Peary Chand Mitra]].<ref>Sastri, Sivanath, ''Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj'', {{in lang|bn}}1903/2001, p. 69, New Age Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref>
Derozio joined Hindu College in 1826 and within a short period attracted students. The Academic Association was established in 1828 under the guidance of Derozio and settled down in Maniktala. Derozio was its president. One of his students, Uma Charan Basu, was its secretary. The principal speakers in the association were: [[Rasik Krishna Mallick]], [[Krishna Mohan Banerjee]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Reverend Krishnamohan Bandyopadhyaya|last=Das|first=Mayukh|publisher=Paschimbanga Anchalik Itihas O Loksanskriti Charcha Kendra|year=2014|isbn=978-81-926316-0-8|location=Kolkata}}</ref> [[Ramgopal Ghosh]], [[Radhanath Sikdar]], Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee, and [[Hara Chandra Ghosh]]. Amongst its organisers were [[Ramtanu Lahiri]], Sib Chandra Deb and [[Peary Chand Mitra]].<ref>Sastri, Sivanath, ''Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj'', {{in lang|bn}}1903/2001, p. 69, New Age Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref>

===Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge===
===Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge===


'''The Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge''' was established on 20 February 1838. It had 200 members in 1843.<ref>Sengupta, Nitish, pp. 230, 282.</ref>
'''The Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge''' was established on 20 February 1838. It had 200 members in 1843.<ref>Sengupta, Nitish, pp. 230, 282.</ref> Currently, this is one of the student societies at Presidency University, Kolkata, that promotes quizzing and related activities among students.


==Prominent members==
==Prominent members==
*[[Krishna Mohan Banerjee]]<ref name=":0" /> (1813–1885) [[Christianity|Christian]] convert
*[[Krishna Mohan Banerjee]]<ref name=":0" /> (1813–1885) [[Christianity|Christian]] convert
*Tarachand Chakraborti (1805–1855), prominent in the Brahmo Sabha and Young Bengal
*Tarachand Chakraborti (1805–1855), prominent in the Brahmo Sabha and Young Bengal
*[[Sib Chandra Deb]] (1811–1890), a prominent [[Brahmo Samaj]] leader of Konnagar
*Sib Chandra Deb (1811–1890), a prominent [[Brahmo Samaj]] leader of Konnagar
*[[Hara Chandra Ghosh]] (1808–1868), judge of the Small Causes Court
*[[Hara Chandra Ghosh]] (1808–1868), judge of the Small Causes Court
*[[Ramgopal Ghosh]] (1815–1868), businessman and public speaker
*[[Ramgopal Ghosh]] (1815–1868), businessman and public speaker
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*[[Rasik Krishna Mallick]] (1810–1858), refused to swear by the holy Ganges water and ran away from his orthodox home
*[[Rasik Krishna Mallick]] (1810–1858), refused to swear by the holy Ganges water and ran away from his orthodox home
*[[Peary Chand Mitra]] (1814–1883), founded the ''Monthly Magazine'' in Bengali and helped establish the Calcutta Public Library in 1831
*[[Peary Chand Mitra]] (1814–1883), founded the ''Monthly Magazine'' in Bengali and helped establish the Calcutta Public Library in 1831
*[[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]] (1818–1887), donated the site for the [[Bethune College]] for women
*Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee (1818–1887), donated the site for the [[Bethune College]] for women
*[[Radhanath Sikdar]] (1813–1870), surveyor, mathematician, diarist, writer, public speaker and the calculator of the height of the [[Himalayas]]..<ref>Sengupta, Nitish K. (2001) ''History of the Bengali-speaking people,'' pp227-228, New Delhi: UBS Publishers' Distributors. {{ISBN|978-81-7476-355-6}}</ref>
*[[Radhanath Sikdar]] (1813–1870), surveyor, mathematician, diarist, writer, public speaker and the calculator of the height of the [[Himalayas]].<ref>Sengupta, Nitish K. (2001) ''History of the Bengali-speaking people,'' pp227-228, New Delhi: UBS Publishers' Distributors. {{ISBN|978-81-7476-355-6}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Chattopadhyay, G. 1965. ''Awakening in Bengal in Early Nineteenth Century'', Progressive Publishers, Calcutta.
* Chattopadhyay, G. 1965. ''Awakening in Bengal in Early Nineteenth Century'', Progressive Publishers, Calcutta.
* Chaudhuri, R. 2000. ''Young India: A Bengal Eclogue: Or Meat-eating, Race, and Reform in a Colonial Poem,'' Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Routledge, Volume 2, Number 3, 424-441.
* Chaudhuri, R. 2000. ''Young India: A Bengal Eclogue: Or Meat-eating, Race, and Reform in a Colonial Poem,'' Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Routledge, Volume 2, Number 3, 424–441.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Young_Bengal Young Bengal] in Banglapedia
*[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Young_Bengal Young Bengal] in Banglapedia
*[https://www.iassite.com/young-bengal-movement-upsc/ Young Bengal Movement] in IASSITE


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Latest revision as of 10:12, 26 November 2024

Not to be confused with Young Bangla.

Young Bengal
Founder

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

Derozians
Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee • Hara Chandra Ghosh • Krishna Mohan Banerjee • Peary Chand Mitra • Radhanath Sikdar • Ramgopal Ghosh • Ramtanu Lahiri • Rasik Krishna Mallick • Sib Chandra Deb

The Young Bengal was a group of Bengali free thinkers emerging from Hindu College, Calcutta. They were also known as Derozians, after their firebrand teacher at Hindu College, Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.[1][2]

The Young Bengal Movement peripherally included Christians such as Reverend Alexander Duff (1809–1878), who founded the General Assembly's Institution, and his students like Lal Behari Dey (1824–1892), who went on to renounce Hinduism. Latter-day inheritors of the legacy of the Young Bengal Movement include scholars like Brajendra Nath Seal (1864–1938), who went on to be one of the leading theologians and thinkers of the Brahmo Samaj. The Derozians however failed to have a long-term impact. Derozio was removed from the Hindu college in 1831 because of radicalism. The main reason for their limited success was social conditions prevailing at that time which were not ripe for adoption of radical ideas. Further, they did not link masses through peasant causes.

Young Bengal followed classical economics and was composed of free traders who took inspiration from Jeremy Bentham, Adam Smith, and David Ricardo:

"With respect to the questions relating to Political Economy, they all belong to the school of Adam Smith. They are clearly of opinion that the system of monopoly, the restraints upon trade, and the international laws of many countries, do nothing but paralyse the efforts of industry, impede the progress of agriculture and manufacture, and prevent commerce from flowing in its natural course."[3]

Organisations

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Derozio and the Young Bengal group set two establishments and published journals that played a role in the Bengal Renaissance. These are noted below:

Academic Association

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Derozio joined Hindu College in 1826 and within a short period attracted students. The Academic Association was established in 1828 under the guidance of Derozio and settled down in Maniktala. Derozio was its president. One of his students, Uma Charan Basu, was its secretary. The principal speakers in the association were: Rasik Krishna Mallick, Krishna Mohan Banerjee,[4] Ramgopal Ghosh, Radhanath Sikdar, Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee, and Hara Chandra Ghosh. Amongst its organisers were Ramtanu Lahiri, Sib Chandra Deb and Peary Chand Mitra.[5]

Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge

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The Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge was established on 20 February 1838. It had 200 members in 1843.[6] Currently, this is one of the student societies at Presidency University, Kolkata, that promotes quizzing and related activities among students.

Prominent members

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References

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  1. ^ SHARMA, MAYANK. "Essay on 'Derozio and the Young Bengal Movement'".
  2. ^ Bose, N.S. (1960) The Indian Awakening and Bengal, Calcutta, Firma K.L. Mukhopadhyay.
  3. ^ Sartori, Andrew. (2008) Bengal in Global Concept History, Chicago, University of Chicago Press. pp. 92–93
  4. ^ a b Das, Mayukh (2014). Reverend Krishnamohan Bandyopadhyaya. Kolkata: Paschimbanga Anchalik Itihas O Loksanskriti Charcha Kendra. ISBN 978-81-926316-0-8.
  5. ^ Sastri, Sivanath, Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj, (in Bengali)1903/2001, p. 69, New Age Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
  6. ^ Sengupta, Nitish, pp. 230, 282.
  7. ^ Sengupta, Nitish K. (2001) History of the Bengali-speaking people, pp227-228, New Delhi: UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7476-355-6

Further reading

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  • Chattopadhyay, G. 1965. Awakening in Bengal in Early Nineteenth Century, Progressive Publishers, Calcutta.
  • Chaudhuri, R. 2000. Young India: A Bengal Eclogue: Or Meat-eating, Race, and Reform in a Colonial Poem, Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Routledge, Volume 2, Number 3, 424–441.
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