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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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