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Premchand. 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. He was one of the first authors to ...
v. t. e. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam BR ( / ˈəbdʊlkəˈlɑːm / ⓘ; 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. Born and raised in a Muslim family in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, he studied physics and aerospace engineering.
Three Hundred Rāmāyaṇas is a scholarly essay that summarizes the history of the Rāmāyaṇa and its spread across India and Asia over a period of 2,500 years or more. . It seeks to demonstrate factually how the story of Rama has undergone numerous variations while being transmitted across different languages, societies, geographical regions, religions, and historical perio
Mahadevi Verma (26 March 1906 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi -language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars [ a] of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. [ 1] She has been also addressed as the Modern Meera. [ 2]
Suryakant Tripathi (21 February 1899 – 15 October 1961) was an Indian poet, writer, composer, and sketch artist who wrote in Hindi. He is considered one of the four major pillars [ a] of the Chhayavad period in Hindi literature. He is renowned with the epithet Mahāprāṇ[ b] and his pen name Nirālā[ c].
t. e. Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in English, recognised for his depiction of the lives of the poorer class in the traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R. K. Narayan, Ahmad Ali and Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in English ...
The early Buddhist texts depict the Buddha as promoting the life of a homeless and celibate "sramana", or mendicant, as the ideal way of life for the practice of the path. [365] He taught that mendicants or "beggars" ( bhikkhus ) were supposed to give up all possessions and to own just a begging bowl and three robes. [ 366 ]
Literature of Adi kal (c. before the 15th century CE) was developed in the regions of Kannauj, Delhi, Ajmer stretching up to central India. [4] Prithviraj Raso, an epic poem written by Chand Bardai (1149 – c. 1200), is considered one of the first works in the Bhraj Bhasha literature.Chand Bardai was a court poet of Prithviraj Chauhan, the famous ruler of Delhi and Ajmer during the invasion ...