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| author = [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
| title_orig = ভিখারিণী
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| country = India
| language = Bengali
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"'''Bhikharini'''" (English: The Beggar Woman) is a [[Bengali-language|Bengali]] short story written by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. The story was first published in 1877 in ''Bharati''<ref>{{cite book|title=Celebrating Tagore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mXJKSul32ZsC&pg=PA1|year=2009|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-8424-424-3|pages=1–}}</ref> and was the first short story written in Bengali language.<ref name="Mookherji1951">{{cite book|author=Kalyani Mookherji|title=Rabindranath Tagore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVBDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP6|date=1 January 1951|publisher=Visva-Bharati|pages=6–}}</ref><ref name="Learning2016">{{cite book|author=Gale, Cengage Learning|title=A Study Guide for Rabindranath Tagore's "The Post Office"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NeT2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT5|year=2016|publisher=Gale, Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-4103-5571-3|pages=5–}}</ref> This was also Tagore's own first short story, and he was 16 years old at the time of its publication.<ref>{{cite book|title=Imprint|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYUPAQAAIAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Business Press|page=20}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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The story is set in a village in [[Kashmir]]. Amar Singh and Kamal Devi are the main protagonists of the story. They grew up together and were good friends. Kamal's father was a renowned person in the village and Amar's father Ajit Singh was a commander ([[Senapati]]) in the king's army. Their families arranged Amar and Kamal's marriage. After the death of Kamal's father, their family's financial condition became poor.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org/node/2162 Bhikharini] at NLTR {{in lang|bn}}

{{Rabindranath Tagore|}}

[[Category:1877 short stories]]
[[Category:Works by Rabindranath Tagore]]

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