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Premchand

1880 - 1936

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Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand (pronounced [preːm t͡ʃənd̪] ), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. He was one of the first authors to write about caste hierarchies and the plights of women and labourers prevalent in the society of the late 1880s. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Premchand is the 672nd most popular writer (down from 522nd in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from India (down from 61st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Indian Writer.

Premchand is most famous for his novel, "Godan," which is a social and moral critique of the exploitation of the rural poor.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Premchand ranks 672 out of 7,302. Before him are Curzio Malaparte, Luis de Góngora, Carlo Gozzi, Madame Roland, A. A. Milne, and Magtymguly Pyragy. After him are Leo Africanus, Max Frisch, Bernard Gui, Longus, Faxian, and Jaroslav Seifert.

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Among people born in 1880, Premchand ranks 21. Before him are Ludwig Beck, Manuel Azaña, Paul Hausser, Wilhelm List, Werner von Fritsch, and Ze'ev Jabotinsky. After him are Otto Weininger, Max Wertheimer, Paul Ehrenfest, Vajiravudh, Michel Fokine, and Mohammed Alim Khan. Among people deceased in 1936, Premchand ranks 28. Before him are Ottorino Respighi, Louis Blériot, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Hans von Seeckt, Elsa Einstein, and Karl Kraus. After him are Buenaventura Durruti, Andrija Mohorovičić, Moritz Schlick, Antoine Meillet, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, and Georg Michaelis.

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In India

Among people born in India, Premchand ranks 103 out of 1,861. Before him are Meera (1498), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Mahākāśyapa (-550), Harsha (590), and Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350). After him are Janaki Ammal (1897), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Satyajit Ray (1921), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), and C. R. Rao (1920).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Premchand ranks 14. Before him are Ghalib (1797), Jim Corbett (1875), Tulsidas (1532), Savitribai Phule (1831), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), and Meera (1498). After him are Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Vātsyāyana (300), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Basava (1134), Lawrence Durrell (1912), and Sarojini Naidu (1879).

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