Durgesha Nandini By Bankima Chandra Chottapadhya
                     Durgesha Nandini By Bankima Chandra Chottapadhya
Durgesha Nandini Odia Book BY Bankima Chandra Chottaadhyaya
Durgeshnandini  is a Bengali historical romance novel written by Indian 
writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1865.Durgeshnandini is a story of 
the love triangle between Jagat Singh, a Mughal General, Tilottama, the 
daughter of a Bengali feudal lord and Ayesha, the daughter of a rebel Pathan 
leader against whom Jagat Singh was fighting. The story is set in the backdrop 
of Pathan-Mughal conflicts that took place in south-western region of modern-
day Indian state of Paschimbanga during the reign of Akbar.
Durgeshnandini is the first Bengali novel written by Bankim Chandra as well as 
the first major Bengali novel in the history of Bengali literature.The story of 
the novel was borrowed from some local legends of Arambag region, Hooghly 
district, Paschimbanga, collected by Bankim Chandra’s great-uncle.Although 
the conservative critics mocked the lucidity of Bankim Chandra’s language, 
Durgeshnandini was highly praised by most of the contemporary scholars and 
newspapers.