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Premchand

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Dhanpat Rai Srivastava [2] (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known by his pen name Premchand[3][4] (pronounced [mʊnʃiː preːm t͡ʃənd̪] (audio speaker iconlisten), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Munshi Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. He was one of the first authors to write about caste hierarchies and the plights of women and labourers prevalent in the society of late 1880s.[5] He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent,[6] and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century.[7] His works include Godaan, Karmabhoomi, Gaban, Mansarovar, "Idgah". He published his first collection of five short stories in 1907 in a book called Soz-e-Watan. He began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand", Munshi being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the ...
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Sanskrit

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  Sanskrit   ( / ˈ s æ n s k r ɪ t / ; attributively   संस्कृत- ,   saṃskṛta- ; [15] [16]   nominally   संस्कृतम् ,   saṃskṛtam ,   IPA:  [ˈsɐ̃skr̩tɐm] [17] [d] ) is a   classical language   of   South Asia   that belongs to the   Indo-Aryan   branch of the   Indo-European languages . [19] [20] [21]   It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had   diffused   there from the northwest in the late   Bronze Age . [22] [23]   Sanskrit is the   sacred language   of   Hinduism , the language of classical   Hindu philosophy , and of historical texts of   Buddhism   and   Jainism . It was a   link language   in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to   Southeast Asia ,   East Asia   and   Central Asia   in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion ...
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