Dear Student,
Answer to your question is as follows :
The Novel is a modern form of literature. It is born from print, a mechanical invention. The Novels first took firm root in England and France. The Bengali Novel actually started its journey with Durgeshnandini written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. He read out Durgeshnandini (1865), his first novel,to a gathering who were stunned to realise that the Bengali Novel had achieved excellence so quickly. He is considered as one of the leading Bengali Novelist of the 19th Century.
Thus, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is the one who played an important role in patronising the Bengali Novels.
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