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Premchand

Indian writer
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. Wikipedia
Born: July 31, 1880, Lamhi, Varanasi, India
Died: October 8, 1936 (age 56 years), Varanasi, India
Children: Amrit Rai
Full name: Dhanpat Rai
Spouse: Shivarani Devi (m. 1906–1936)
Parents: Ajaib Lal and Anandi Devi