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Rashsundari Devi's 'Amar Jiban' (1876) is significant because it was:
AThe first novel translated into English (typical)
BA treatise on Indian history
CThe first full-length autobiography in Bengali — and by a woman
DA children's primer
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The first full-length autobiography in Bengali — and by a woman
1. NCERT highlights pioneering Indian women's writing.
2. Rashsundari Devi's 'Amar Jiban' (My Life), published in 1876, was the first full-length autobiography in the Bengali language.
3. She learnt to read secretly in her marital home — illustrating how print enabled women's literacy.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §Women ¶1_
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