List of Indian historical novels explained

Following is the list of historical novels which are set up on the history of India. This includes the history of the Indian subcontinent, which comprises present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

List

Notes
Anguriyo BinimoyBhudev Mukhopadhyay1862BengaliFirst known historical novel of India.
DoorgeshnondiniBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay1865BengaliFirst part of first trilogy in historical novels of India.
Set in the backdrop of Pathan-Mughal conflicts in south-western region Paschimbanga during the reign of Akbar.
KapalkundalaBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay1866Bengali
Karan GheloNandshankar Mehta1866GujaratiFirst Gujarati novel. Depicts story of Karna, the last ruler of the Vaghela dynasty who was defeated by Alauddin Khalji in 1298.
MrinaliniBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay1869Bengali
Maharastra JibanprabhatRomesh Chandra Datta1871Bengali
MochangadRamchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar1871MarathiFirst Marathi historical novel. Set in the time of Shivaji's era, it is based on fictitious characters in a fort in Deccan area.[1] [2]
Hambirrav Ani PutalabaiVishnu Janardan Patvardhan1873Marathi
BangabijetaRomesh Chandra Datta1874Bengali
ChandrashekarBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay1875Bengali
Dip NirbanSwarnakumari Debi1876Bengali
Madhabi KankanRomesh Chandra Datta1877Bengali
Rajput Jiban SandhyaRomesh Chandra Datta1879Bengali
Vanaraj ChavdoMahipatiram Nilkanth1881Gujarati
AnandamathBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay1882BengaliSet in the background of Sannyasi rebellion in the late 18th Century.
RajsinghaBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay1882Bengali
Bouthakuranir HathRabindranath Tagore1883Bengali
Debi ChaudhuraniBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay1884Bengali
SitaramBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay1887Bengali
Suratni Sivaji Ni LootSuryaram Desai1888Gujarati
PadmamaliUmesh Chandra Sarkar1888Oriya
Malik-ul-Aziz VarjinaAbdul Halim Sharar1888Urdu
Tipu SultanSuryaram Desai1889Gujarati
Hasan Aur AnjalinaAbdul Halim Sharar1889Urdu
Mansur MohanaAbdul Halim Sharar1890Urdu
MarthandavarmaC. V. Raman Pillai1891MalayalamAbout the final years of Rama Varma of Venad and successive rule by Marthanda Varma based in circa 1727 – 1732 in Venad kingdom.
Maisuracha WaghHari Narayan Apte1891MarathiBased on Tipu Sultan.[3]
SuryakanthaLakshman Rao Gadagkar1892Kannada
MohanangiT. T. Saravanamuthu Pillai1895Tamil
Sadhara JesangMahipatiram Nilkanth1896Gujarati
HemalataChilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham1896Telugu
Lakshmi Sundara VijayamuKhandavalli Ramachandrarudre1896Telugu
PrataparudriyamVedam Venkataraya Shastri1896Telugu
UshakalHari Narayan Apte1897Marathi
AhalyabhaiChilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham1897TeluguBased on Ahilyabai Holkar.
SundariBhai Vir Singh1898Punjabi
Indira BhaiGulvadi Venkat Rao1899Kannada
Gad Ala Pan Sinha GelaHari Narayan Apte1899MarathiBased on Tanaji Malusare's role in the Battle of Sinhagad of 1670.[4]
Flora FlorindaAbdul Halim Sharar1899Urdu
Umrao Jaan AdaMirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa1899Urdu
ManomatiRajnikanta Bardoloi1900Assamese
Bijay SinghBhai Vir Singh1900Punjabi
Satvant KaurBhai Vir Singh1900Punjabi
SanjogitaK K Sinha1901English
AnarkaliBaldev Prasad Misra1902Hindi
NurjahanGanga Prasad Gupta1902Hindi
PadminiT. Ramakrishna1903English
Prithviraj ChauhanBaldev Prasad Misra1903Hindi
MangammalS. Koodalingam Pillai1903Tamil
The Princess KamalaM. V. Naidu1904English
Raziya BegamKishorilal Goswami1904Hindi
SuryodayHari Narayan Apte1906Marathi
Sivajino VaghanakhaHari Narayan Apte1907Marathi
SuryagrahanHari Narayan Apte1909Marathi
SathiyavalliKuzhandaiswamy Pillai1910Tamil
Patan trilogyKanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi1916–1922Gujaratideals with the Solanki rule in Gujarat
Kaler MandiraSharadindu Bandyopadhyay1951BengaliBased on Hun invasion during Skandagupta's era
GaurMallarSharadindu Bandyopadhyay1954BengaliSet in late 7th century Bengal
Ponniyin SelvanKalki Krishnamurthy1955TamilOn the early days of Rajaraja I
Tumi Sandhyar MeghSharadindu Bandyopadhyay1958BengaliSet in 11th century India. Based on conflict between Pala Empire and Lakshmikarna
Aag Ka DaryaQurratulain Hyder1959UrduIndian history from Chandargupta Maurya (4th century BC) to the post-Independence period in India and Pakistan.
Raj KahiniAbanindranath Tagore1963BengaliSet in Rajputana
Kumarsambhaber KabiSharadindu Bandyopadhyay1963BengaliBased on Kalidasa
Tungabhadrar TeereSharadindu Bandyopadhyay1965BengaliSet in Vijaynagar Empire
The Devil's WindManohar Malgonkar1972EnglishOn Nana Saheb
Sei SamaySunil Gangopadhyay1981BengaliSet in Kolkata from 1840 to 1870. Mainly on Kaliprasanna Singha.
JolodassuSunil Gangopadhyay1982BengaliOn Portuguese invasion in Bengal during Aurangzeb's reign
Adhar Rater AtithiSunil Gangopadhyay1983BengaliSequel to Jolodassu
Poorba- PashchimSunil Gangopadhyay1988BengaliOn Partition of Bengal of 1947
Shahjada DarasukohShyamal Gangapadhyay1991BengaliOn the life of Dara Shukoh
Prothom AloSunil Gangopadhyay1996BengaliOn Bengal Renaissance during the second half of 19th century. Mainly on the early years of Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda.
Maitreya JatakBani Basu1999BengaliOn the life and times of Buddha and Bimbisar
Vanga Danar PakhiSuchitra Bhattacharya1999BengaliSet in the background of the rise of the Sena dynasty in Bengal
Moner ManushSunil Gangopadhyay2008BengaliOn Lalon
VelpariS. Venkatesan2018TamilOn Vēl Pāri

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India . Cambridge University Press . Rosalind O'Hanlon . 2002 . 175 . 9780521523080.
  2. Web site: मराठीतील पहिल्या ऐतिहासिक कादंबरीचे जनक होते रामचंद्र गुंजीकर . Divya Marathi . 18 June 2018 . 30 September 2019 . Marathi.
  3. Web site: म्हैसूरचा वाघ . Marathi . 27 September 2019.
  4. Web site: गड आला पण सिंह गेला . Marathi . 27 September 2019.

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