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    Rassundari Devi was a 19th century Bengali writer who authored the first full autobiography in modern Bengali literature. She was born in 1800 in West Bengal and received some early education from a missionary woman's school. At age 12 she married and had 12 children, though many died early. With limited formal education, she taught herself to read religious texts. Her autobiography "My Life" was published in 1876, making her one of the earliest female writers in Bengali and the first Indian woman to write an autobiography.

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    Rassundari Devi was a 19th century Bengali writer who authored the first full autobiography in modern Bengali literature. She was born in 1800 in West Bengal and received some early education from a missionary woman's school. At age 12 she married and had 12 children, though many died early. With limited formal education, she taught herself to read religious texts. Her autobiography "My Life" was published in 1876, making her one of the earliest female writers in Bengali and the first Indian woman to write an autobiography.

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    Rassundari Devi was a 19th century Bengali writer who authored the first full autobiography in modern Bengali literature. She was born in 1800 in West Bengal and received some early education from a missionary woman's school. At age 12 she married and had 12 children, though many died early. With limited formal education, she taught herself to read religious texts. Her autobiography "My Life" was published in 1876, making her one of the earliest female writers in Bengali and the first Indian woman to write an autobiography.

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    Rassundari Devi was a 19th century Bengali writer who authored the first full autobiography in modern Bengali literature. She was born in 1800 in West Bengal and received some early education from a missionary woman's school. At age 12 she married and had 12 children, though many died early. With limited formal education, she taught herself to read religious texts. Her autobiography "My Life" was published in 1876, making her one of the earliest female writers in Bengali and the first Indian woman to write an autobiography.

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    An introduction of Rassundari Devi :-

     Rassusundari Devi(1809-1899)was a Bengali writer who is


    identified as the author of first -full fledged Autobiography in
    modern Bengali literature. She’s among the earliest woman
    writers in Bengali literature. She was born In West Bengal and the
    first Indian woman To write an Autobiography amar jiban (my
    life), her autobiography, was published in 1876.
     Rassusundari Devi was born in 1800 in the village if potajia .her
    father padmalochan Roy, died when Rassusunadari Devi was a
    small child. She never saw her father and was raised by her
    mother and relatives. She attended a school run by a missionary
    woman in her father’s house. Where boys also studied.
     Rassusunadari Devi attended the school for a brief period and
    learned some Marathi. At age 12 she married sumajit Roy from
    Ramkali village, Rajbari ,fardpur. She was a religious vaishnavite
    by faith. With limited formal schooling. She learned to read driven
    by bhakt (devotion) out of her keen desire to read valmiki puran
    and Chbhagavat Bhagavata. she born 12 children, of whom 7 died
    early. Her husband died in 1868. Her son kishori lal sarkar became
    an advocate of Calcutta high court and is the author of several
    noteworthy works.
     Rassunadari died in 1899.

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