Miss Katherien Hanna MullansHana Catherine Mullens is credited by some with having written the first novel in the Bengali language, Phulmani O Karunar Bibaran (Description of Phulmani and Karuna), in 1852.[1] There are other claimants to being earlier novels. Nababababubilas published by Bhabani Charan Bandopadhyay in 1825 is claimed as one by some but others think of it as being merely a story.[3] Similar reservation has also been expressed about Phulmani O Karunar Bibaran.[