Akananda and Bakananda were the Bengali Hindu

Bengali Hindu

Bengali Hindus are an ethno-linguistic group, belonging to the Indo-Aryan family and are native to the Bengal region of the Indian Subcontinent. The Bengali Hindus along with other related ethno-linguistic groups constitute the vast majority of Hindus...

 generals of Hatiagarh, who mortally wounded Arab

Arab

Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

 missionary Pir Gorachand, in a pitched battle.

Early life

Little is known about the early life of the princes Akananda and Bakananda. Satish Chandra Mitra however identified Akananda with his apparently uncorrupted name viz. Akshayananda. Akananda and Bakananda were the sons of Mahidananda, the ruler of Hatiagarh. According to Dr. Girindranath Das, Akananda and Bakananda were two generals based at Hatiagarh, under the command of king Chandraketu. According Binay Ghosh, Akananda and Bakananda were either Poundra Kshatriyas or Byagra Kshatriyas by caste.

Resistance to Arab missionaries

In the middle of the 14th century, an Arab

Arab

Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

 missionary named Syed Abbas Ali arrived in lower Bengal

Bengal

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 with a team of 21 auliya

Auliya

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s and other mercenaries. At Balanda, near Deganga

Deganga

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 in present North 24 Parganas district the missionaries began to convert the Hindu

Hindu

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s by force. When the missionaries reached nearby Hatiagarh, they were confronted by Akananda and Bakananda, the princes of Hatiagarh. A pitched battle ensued between the missionaries and their mercenaries on one side and the common people, mainly belonging to the lower castes led by the princes of Hatiagarh on the other. In the battle, Akananda mortally wounded Gorachand with a sharp arrow. According to Dr. Girindranath Das, both Akananda and Bakananda died in the battle., but according to Satish Chandra Mitra only Bakananda died in the battle.