Question

Write a short essay on prem Chand

Answer 1

Munshi Premchand was the famous Hindi story writer and novelist. He was the pioneer of modern Hindi and Urdu social fiction. He made Hindi the language of masses. He is rightly called the ‘Father of Hindi fiction‘. He was born in 1880 at 31st of July in the Lamhi village near Varanasi. His real name was Dhanpat Rai Srivastav but fear of British made him change his name to Nawab Rai and he wrote stories in Urdu. Finally his name becomes changed to the Munshi Premchand. His stories poryray a real picture of the social condition of contemporary times. He fearlessly wrote about the various social taboos and religious obligations. Later on he wrote mostly in Hindi.

In 1901, his first story was published by the name of ‘Sanskar ka Sabse Anmol Ratan’ in Jamana. In 1901,‘Soz- i- Waten’, a collection of short stories was published. But the British government banned it. He wrote nearly 300 stories and most of the stories are collected under the title ‘Mansarovar’. His famous works include ‘ Godan’, ‘Gaban’, ‘ Rangbhumi’, ‘Prem Pachisi’, ‘ Seva Sadan’, ‘Nirmala’. On  8th of October 1936, Munshi Premchand,the Upanyas Samrat left the world. His last story writing is Cricket Match which was published after his death in Zamana in the year 1937.

Answer 2

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, better known by his pen name Munshi Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century.