Question

Baba Padmanji wrote the first Marathi Novel ________.
a) Yamuna Paryatan
b) Sushilecha Dev
c) Pan Lakshyat Gheto Kon
d) Bhangalele Devale

Answer 1

a) Yamuna Paryatan
is correct answer

Answer 2

Answer:

Yamuna Paryatan was the first novel, written in Marathi and Bengali by Baba Padmanji. Baba Padmanji's 'Yamuna Paryatan' (1857) a simple story about the conditions of widows.

Baba Padmanji was a prolific Marathi writer, who espoused women’s education, empowerment, the need for spiritual reform, and Christian conversion in mid-nineteenth century Maharashtra.

He had done some good translation works as well.