Who wrote the first Bengali grammar book?

Q. Who wrote the first Bengali grammar book?
Answer: Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
Notes: The first grammar book of the Bengali language was 'A Grammar of the Bengal Language' written by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed. The book, published in 1778, probably printed from the Endorse Press in Hooghly, Bengal Presidency.

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