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  2. Premchand - Wikipedia

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    Amrit Rai. Signature. Dhanpat Rai Srivastava [2] (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand [3] [4] ( pronounced [preːm t͡ʃənd̪] ⓘ ), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction.

  3. List of Hindi authors - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of authors of Hindi literature, i.e. people who write in Hindi language, its dialects and Hindustani language This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

  4. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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    e. Hindi literature ( Hindi: हिन्दी साहित्य, hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Hindi languages which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa like Awadhi, and Marwari languages. Hindi literature is composed in three broad styles ...

  5. Kamayani - Wikipedia

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    Kamayani (Hindi : कामायनी) (1936) is a Hindi epic poem ( Mahakavya) by Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937). It is considered one of the greatest literary works written in modern times in Hindi literature. It also signifies the epitome of Chhayavadi school of Hindi poetry which gained popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

  6. Madhushala - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 81-216-0125-8. Followed by. Madhubala. Madhushala ( Hindi: मधुशाला) ( The Tavern/The House of Wine) is a book of 135 "quatrains": verses of four lines ( Ruba'i) by Hindi poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003). The highly metaphorical work is still celebrated for its deeply Vedantic and Sufi incantations and ...

  7. Godaan - Wikipedia

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    Godaan ( Hindi: गोदान, gōdān, lit. 'Cow donation') is a famous Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand. It was first published in 1936 and is considered one of the greatest Hindi novels of modern Indian literature. Themed around the socio-economic deprivation as well as the exploitation of the village poor, the novel was the last complete ...

  8. Hanuman Chalisa - Wikipedia

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    Hanuman Chalisa. The Hanuman Chalisa ( Hindi pronunciation: [ɦənʊmaːn tʃaːliːsaː]; Forty chaupais on Hanuman) is a Hindu devotional hymn ( stotra) in praise of Hanuman. [2] [3] [4] It is an Awadhi language text attributed to Tulsidas, [2] and is his best known text apart from the Ramcharitmanas. [5] [6] The word "chālīsā" is derived ...

  9. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Modern Standard Hindi, ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī) [14] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language used as the official language of India alongside English. It is written in Devanagari script and is the lingua franca of North India.