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    Biography of Munshi Premchand

    Munshi Premchand, Hindustani literature (Upanyas Samrat) and Indian writer (novel writer, story writer, and dramatist), was born in the year 1880 on the 31st of July in the Lamhi village (near Varanasi). He is a famous writer of the early 20th century. He left us on the 8th of October in 1936 after serving people his great writings. His birth name was Dhanpat Rai Srivastav and the pen name was Nawab Rai. He wrote his all writings with his pen name. Finally, he changed his name to Munshi Premchand.

    Munshi is an honorary prefix given by his lovers in society because of his quality and effective writings. As a Hindi writer, he wrote approximately a dozen novels, 250 short stories, numerous essays, and translations (he translated a number of foreign literary works into the Hindi language).

    His Early Life

    He spent his childhood in Lamhi in a joint family. He was the 4th child to Ajaib Lal (a post office clerk) and his mother named An

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    Premchand

    BornDhanpat Rai Srivastava
    (1880-07-31)31 July 1880
    Lamhi, Benares State, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
    Died8 October 1936(1936-10-08) (aged 56)
    Benares, Benares State, British India (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
    Pen namePremchand, Nawab Rai
    OccupationNovelist, short story writer
    LanguageHindi, Urdu
    NationalityIndian
    Years active1920–1936
    Notable worksGodaan, Bazaar-e-Husn, Karmabhoomi, Shatranj ke Khiladi, Gaban, Mansarovar, Idgah
    SpouseFirst wife (m. 1895; estranged)

    Shivarani Devi

    (m. 1906; died 1936)​
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    ChildrenAmrit Rai

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    Hindi is among one of the most beautiful languages written and spoken in our country. It is also a subject that everyone picks up, making it extremely easy for beginners and quite challenging for the experts. Every day, Hindi is given a new appearance and identity. And thus, to make it interesting, many authors made a huge impact.

    There is a big picture of Munshi Premchand amongst everyone; he was a man of great brilliance who changed the direction of Hindi literature. Here in this article, we will discuss the biography of Premchand in detail, and we will try to end up with several conclusions.

    Early Life

    On July 31, 1880, Premchand was born at Lamhi, a remote town near Banaras. Prem chand came from a humble background and a small family. His grandpa Gur Sahai Rai was a patwari, and father Ajaib Rai was a postmaster. His life had been full of challenges since he was a youngster. Prem Chand's mother died of a deadly disease when he was just eight years o

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