• Dinbandhu Mitras exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana

  • Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)

  • Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkars Journal Nibandhamaka (1874- 81)

  • Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-85) through his plays, poems and journals advocating use of Swadeshi articles and use of Hindi in courts


Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)