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Which is regarded as the maiden work in prose in Bengali literature? And who did compose it?
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Pratapaditya Charit by Ramanath Basu
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"Pratapaditya Charit" by Ramanath Basu is considered the first original prose work in Bengali, published in 1875. This biographical work on the medieval ruler Pratapaditya marked Bengali prose's transition from translation-based composition to original creative writing. Vidyasagar's "Bodhadaya" was primarily a polemical work on social reform, while Bankim Chandra's prose works came later. Ramanath Basu thus pioneered modern Bengali prose.