Multiple choice general knowledge culture

Name the first ever Bengali novel that came to be published and its author .

  1. Ananda Math by Bankim Ch. Chattopadhaya

  2. Nil Darpan by Dinabandhu Mitra

  3. Alaler Gharer Dulal by Tekchand Thakur

  4. None of these
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Explanation

"Alaler Gharer Dulal" (1858) by Tekchand Thakur is widely regarded as the first Bengali novel, preceding Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's works. This novel satirized Bengali middle-class society and marked the transition from traditional prose to modern novel form. "Nil Darpan" (1860) was a play, while "Ananda Math" (1882) came much later and is Bankim Chandra's famous novel, not the first.

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