HISTORY
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Who of the following was the first Indian to write English verse?
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Kashi Prasad Ghosh
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Hariharanand
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Krishna Mohan Banerjee
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Ramchandra Vidyavagish
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Who of the following wrote the first Indian poetic work in English? Notes: First Indian poetic work in English, The Shair and Other Poems by Kashi Prasad Ghosh was published in 1830.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kashiprasad wrote an essay on Mr. Mills’ History of India which received accolades from various quarters. Soon after, he published a volume of poems known as ‘The Shair’ which reached Lord William Bentinck, the Governor-General of India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nissim Ezekie may be justifiably called the father of post-independence and modern poetry of India and, through the influence of Indian literature on the entire subcon-tinent, the father of the postcolonial South Asian English poetry as well.
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