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Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

1887 - 1971

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Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (pronounced [kə.nəi.ya.lal ma.ɳek.lal mun.ʃi]; 30 December 1887 – 8 February 1971), popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas, was an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer from Gujarat state. A lawyer by profession, he later turned to author and politician. He is a well-known name in Gujarati literature. He founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an educational trust, in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi is the 4,986th most popular writer (down from 3,959th in 2019), the 671st most popular biography from India (down from 493rd in 2019) and the 85th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi ranks 4,986 out of 7,302. Before him are Rosa Mayreder, Giovanni Berchet, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Hermann Kesten, Jack Finney, and Mordecai Richler. After him are Kjell Espmark, George Borrow, Jamaica Kincaid, Gonzalo Rojas, Mordecai Kaplan, and Kārlis Skalbe.

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Among people born in 1887, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi ranks 220. Before him are Boris Kostić, Jack Conway, Juan Manuel Gálvez, Sigmund Romberg, Jamini Roy, and Victor d'Arcy. After him are Govind Ballabh Pant, Fartein Valen, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Edward Andrade, Charles Marion, and Jacob L. Devers. Among people deceased in 1971, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi ranks 183. Before him are Fuad Abdurahmanov, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, Bobby Jones, Tadas Ivanauskas, Emmett Toppino, and Jean Vilar. After him are Armand Massard, Edward Andrade, Nikola Kotkov, Emerich Vogl, Michael Rennie, and Gerhard von Rad.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi ranks 671 out of 1,861. Before him are Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), Manoj Bajpayee (1969), Jamini Roy (1887), and Ashapurna Devi (1909). After him are Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Gautam Adani (1962), Wasim Sajjad (1941), N. T. Rama Rao (1923), Chandramukhi Basu (1860), and Uttam Kumar (1926).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi ranks 85. Before him are Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), Kamala Surayya (1934), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), and Ashapurna Devi (1909). After him are Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Amitav Ghosh (1956), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Yashpal (1903), Kedarnath Singh (1934), and Hasrat Mohani (1875).

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