Author:

Chandrima Mitra
Independent Research Scholar
Department of History
Rabindrabharati University
Kolkata,West Bengal,India

Email: chandrimamitra20@gmail.com

Abstract:::Prabhabati Debi Saraswati was a versatile genius and a significant litterateur of twentieth
century Bengal, born during the Swadeshi era. She was the writer of more than three hundred novels
and poetries, besides extremely popular among the readers during her time. Except this, she was an
activist who worked for women emancipation for her whole life. Through her writing she depicted how
she had seen women in the society and how she wanted to see women in future, both very meticulously.
In this article, we would try to see, the society of Bengal during colonial period and the position of
women in the then society, through the portrayals of Prabhabati Debi Saraswati

Key Words::Bengalee, Kulin, Polygamy,Swadeshi,Society,Widow, Women etc.