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Anandamath was first serialized between December 1882 and July 1883 in a Bengali literary magazine, Bangadarshan founded by Bankim Chandra Chatterji himself. It was then published in a book form and was subsequently translated into almost all the regional Indian languages. It played a crucial role in concretising and strengthening the national identity of a people who had been under the subordination of foreign rule, Mughal and English, as far as they could remember. It is considered to be a foundation text for the understanding of Indian nationalism.