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'''''Aamar Jiban''''', published in 1876, is the name of [[Rassundari Devi]]'s [[autobiography]] and is the first autobiography written by an [[India]]n woman and also the first written by any [[Bengalis|Bengali]] female.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnqoDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Words to Win: The Making of Amar Jiban: A Modern Autobiography|last=Sarkar|first=Tanika|date=2014-04-01|publisher=Zubaan|year=|isbn=9789383074662|location=|pages=Intro page 1|language=en}}</ref> It tells us about the status of women in the 19th century Indian society. It was the first full length autobiography published in the Bengali language.<br />
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==Extract==<br />
I was so immersed in a sea of housework that I was not conscious of what I was going through day and night. After some time the desire to learn grew very strong in me. I was angry with myself for wanting to read books. Girls did not read.... People used to despise women of learning... In fact older women used to show a great deal of displeasure if they saw a piece of paper in the hands of a woman. But somehow I could not accept this.<br />
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