Who Is Munshi Premchand? (Age, Height, weight, birth place)
Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava is his born and real name. He was an Indian writer known for his modern Hindustani literature. Munshi Premchand is a popular Indian Writer, who was born on 31 July 1880 (birthday/date of birth/born) and is 56 years of Age as in 2020 (how old is). His Sun sign is Leo. His Birth Place is Lamahi, Benares State, British India. He Follows Hinduism as his Religion. His nationality is Indian. His novels are Godaan, Karmabhoomi, Gaban, Mansarovar, Idgah His childhood age was spent in Lamahi.
At 7 years of old he started his education at madrasa in Lalpur. Munshi Premchand learnt Urdu and Persian from a Maulvi in the Madrasa.
His pen name was Nawab Rai and later on switched to Premchand. He died on 8 October 1936 and age of his death was 56 years. Place of death was Varanasi, Benares State, British India.
Munshi Premchand Age and Height
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Munshi Premchand |
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Munshi Premchand Wiki and Biography
Munshi Premchand Wiki and Biography |
Born and Real Name |
Munshi Premchand |
Nickname |
Nawab |
Birthday |
31 July 1880 |
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56 years |
Profession |
Indian Writer |
Birthplace |
Lamahi, Benares State, British India |
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Leo |
Nationality |
Indian |
Religion |
Hinduism |
Caste |
Kayastha |
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Munshi Premchand Net Worth and Salary
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Munshi Premchand Education Qualifications, School and College
Munshi Premchand Education Qualifications, School and College |
Educational Qualifications |
Urdu and Persian from a maulvi in the madrasa 2) Matriculation exam from Queen's College 3) English at a missionary school 3) BA degree from Allahabad.
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Maulvi in the madrasa |
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Queens College, Central Hindu College |
Munshi Premchand Professional Life
He was one of the most popular writers in India and one of the most prominent Hindi authors of the early twentieth century. 1907 Premchand published his first collection of five short stories. The story book was called Soz-e Watan. In his time as a writer he had written a dozen novels, several essays, nearly 300 short stories. He also translated many foreign literary works into Hindi.
Premchand was fascinated by books since he was a child and he sought comfort in reading fiction. As a child He used to hear the stories from the Persian-language fantasy epic Tilism-e-Hoshruba at a tobacconist's shop. When he was young He started working at a book wholesaler selling books. This gave him the opportunity to read a lot of different types of books. Premchand studied learnt English at a missionary school. While in school he studied several books on fiction including George W. M. Reynolds's eight-volume The Mysteries of the Court of London. Premchand had composed his first literary work at Gorakhpur. This book was never published and is now lost and can't be found. It was said to be a comic story on a bachelor, who falls in love with a low-caste woman. The character in the book was loosely based on Premchand's uncle. His uncle used to scold him for being obsessed with reading books of fiction. Maybe Premchand wrote the farce was as a revenge for all the scolding he received.
Premchand cleared his matriculation exam with a second division. Which made him lose his chance to get a fee concession at the Queen's college. As only the students with first division were given fee concession. He didn't get admission at the Central Hindu College because of his poor mathematical skills. Failing to get an admission he chose to discontinue his studies. After discontinuing his studies He got an assignment to coach an advocate's son in Benares for which he received a monthly salary of five rupees. While he was coaching the advocate's son He would reside in a small hut made of mud over the advocate's stables. Premchand used to send 60% of his salary back home to his family. While in Benares Premchand read a lot of books. in 1899, Premchand went to a book shop to sell one of his collected books where he met the headmaster of a missionary school at Chunar, who offered premchand a job of a teacher. His monthly salary as a teacher was ₹ 18. Premchand also used to tutor students at a monthly fees of ₹ 5.
Munshi Premchand Professional Life |
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Indian Writer |
Munshi Premchand Family Details/ parents/ family background?
Talking about His family. He is very close to His family. He is a married man. He got married two times in life. At the age of 15 years he got married at that time he was in Ninth Standard. His Marriage was arranged by maternal step-grandfather. The girl was elder to him and she was from a rich landlord family. His second marriage was with a child widow name Shivarani Devi. He got married with Shivarani Devi in 1906. She was the daughter of a landlord near Fatehpur. After his death his wife Shivarani Devi wrote a book on him named Premchand Ghar Mein. He has 3 children / kids. 2 sons and 1 daughter. His sons name are Amrit Rai, Sripath Rai and daughter name is Kamala Devi. His father died in 1897 and he have to discontinue his studies.
Munshi Premchand Parents are Ajaib Rai (Father/Dad) and Anandi Devi (Mother/Mom). At 8 years of age his mother died and his grandmother took the hold of raising him. His grand mother also died very soon and he was a lonely child. His father was busy in his work and his sister was already married that time. His father was transferred and they shifted to Gorakhpur where his father got married again. He belongs to a middle-class Kayastha family. His father Ajaib Rai was a post office clerk and His mother Anandi Devi was from a Bade Ghar Ki Beti. His grand father name was Guru Sahai Rai. He was the 4 child of his parents. Suggi Rai was his sister.
Munshi Premchand Family Details/ parents/ family background?
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Ajaib Rai |
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Anandi Devi |
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Not known |
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Suggi Rai |
Wife |
Shivarani Devi |
Children/Son's Name |
Amrit Rai, Sripath Rai |
Children/Daughter's Name |
Kamala Devi |
Munshi Premchand Girlfriend/Wife/dating/Affairs?
Munshi PremchandGirlfriend/Wife/dating/Affairs? |
Wife/Spouse Name |
Shivarani Devi |
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Shivarani Devi |
Munshi Premchand Marriage Details
Munshi Premchand Marriage Details |
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Married |
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Shivarani Devi |
Wedding dates/ Marriage date |
1906 |
Munshi Premchand Home Address and Residence
Munshi Premchand Home Address and Residence |
Home town |
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
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Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
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