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Who wrote the first novel in Marathi?

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The missionaries
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Baba Padmanji
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Bardoloi
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Kandakur
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Solution

The correct option is B Baba Padmanji
The earliest novel in Marathi was Baba Padmanji’s Yamuna Paryatan (1857), which used a simple style of storytelling to speak about the plight of widows.

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