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“Pen is mightier than sword”
The great writers of Bengal fought alongside the soldiers in the freedom struggle of India. The writers with their poetry and writings fuelled the spark of freedom, which spread like wildfire. Writers like Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, and Rabindranath Tagore raged a silent war with their pen, and fought alongside the soldiers, with their own version of rebellion.
Kazi Nazrul Islam, for his rebellious kind of writing style, was titled as ‘BidrohiKobi’. Through his poetic works like Bidrohi (The Rebel), BhangarGaan( The song of Destruction) and his famous publication Dhumketu ( The Comet), he showed his tireless endeavor to attack the British government in India. His aim was to free his country from the grip of British colonialism. Even after getting imprisoned for his anti-British writings, he didn’t stop. He wrote Rajbandir Jabanbandi (Disposition of a Political Prisoner).
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay with his writings like 
Anandamath had depicted the bloodshed and massacre done by the British in India, which was banned by the British Government. He wrote Vande Mataram which is the national song of India. The touching yet inspirational words of the song still resonate in our hearts.
Rabindranath Tagore’s contribution towards freedom struggle is immense. In protest of the of the Jallianwalabagh massacre, Tagore renounced his Knighthood, given by the British. The letter, written by Tagore to the Viceroy returning the Knighthood, remains a legend in the history of protest literature. He wrote the “Bharoto Bhaggya Bidhata”, the first paragraph of which is adopted as the national anthem of India.
This freedom season let’s pay remembrance to the great men who fought the British viciously with their pen and the sharpness of their words.
