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Yashpal

1903 - 1976

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Yashpal Singh (3 December 1903 – 26 December 1976) was a Hindi-language writer, political commentator, a socialist and an essayist. He wrote in a range of genres, including essays, novels and short stories, as well as a play, two travel books and an autobiography. He won the Hindi-language Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Meri Teri Uski Baat in 1976 and was also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yashpal is the 5,159th most popular writer (down from 4,496th in 2019), the 699th most popular biography from India (down from 560th in 2019) and the 89th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yashpal ranks 5,159 out of 7,302. Before him are Elizabeth Jane Howard, Jean Clair, Yordan Yovkov, Yurii Andrukhovych, Jacqueline Susann, and William Harrison Ainsworth. After him are Dagny Carlsson, Alicia Giménez Bartlett, Béatrix Beck, Edward James, Paula Hawkins, and Nancy Kress.

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Among people born in 1903, Yashpal ranks 282. Before him are Tomoji Abe, María Teresa León, Billie Dove, Lilly Scholz, Ali Sastroamidjojo, and Gérard Delbeke. After him are Hermanni Pihlajamäki, Fernand Jourdant, Norman Foster, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Nancy Carroll, and Hans Christian Branner. Among people deceased in 1976, Yashpal ranks 201. Before him are Jens Bjørneboe, Carl Benjamin Boyer, Narve Bonna, Markus Reiner, Tarab Abdul Hadi, and Anna Kéthly. After him are L. S. Lowry, Paul Kossoff, Henri Bosco, Hermann Jónasson, Anton Grasser, and Norman Foster.

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In India

Among people born in India, Yashpal ranks 699 out of 1,861. Before him are Sushma Swaraj (1952), Durgabai Deshmukh (1909), Dara Singh (1928), Percy Hobart (1885), Jimmy Sheirgill (1970), and P. V. Sindhu (1995). After him are Charu Majumdar (1918), Genelia D'Souza (1987), K. Chandrashekar Rao (1954), Kedarnath Singh (1934), Hrithik Roshan (1974), and Shivakumara Swami (1907).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Yashpal ranks 89. Before him are Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Ashapurna Devi (1909), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Amitav Ghosh (1956), and Raghunath Murmu (1905). After him are Kedarnath Singh (1934), Hasrat Mohani (1875), Mahadev Desai (1892), Suryakant Tripathi (1899), Jayakanthan (1934), and Bano Qudsia (1928).

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