Bankim-Bhavan Gaveshana Kendra is a Research Centre registered in the ancestral house of Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhaya and maintained by Govt. of West Bengal in the Department of Higher Education. The aims and objectives of this centre include :

1. Renovation and restoration of the heritage building complex wherein Bankim Chandra was born and brought up and created most of his immortal literary works, including the National Song ‘Bande Mataram’.
2. Preservation of a huge collection of rare fragmented written manuscripts, letters, deeds, and other paper documents, textiles and other items of personal effects of the Archive and the Museum. It include…