What was the first ever novel written by a Bengali female writer?

Q. What was the first ever novel written by a Bengali female writer?
Answer: Deep Nirban
Notes: Swarnakumari Devi was the first woman novelist amongst the Bengali people. Her first novel Deep Nirban was published in 1876.

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