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1913 In India
Events in the year 1913 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George V * Viceroy of India – Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst Events * National income - 13,473 million * 3 May- Raja Harischandra, First full-length movie of India released. Beginning of Indian Film Industry. * 6 November – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa. * Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Bengali poet, got the Nobel Prize in Literature for his book of lyrics called Gitanjali translated into English by himself. Ghadar party foundation Law *Official Trustees Act *White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act Births *5 March – Gangubai Hangal, Indian singer of the khyal genre of Hindustani classical music (died July y 25, 2009). *1 May– Balraj Sahni, Indian actor (died 13 April 1973) *Bhagwan Dada, actor and film director (died 2002). * Attia Hosain, writer, feminist and broadcaster (died 1998). * Chandrakant Mandare, actor and arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attia Hosain
Attia Hosain (20 October 1913 – 25 January 1998) was a British-Indian novelist, author, writer, broadcaster, journalist and actor.''Distant Traveller'', new and selected fiction: edited by Aamer Hussein, Aamer Hossein with Shama Habibullah, with foreword and afterword by them, and introduction by Ritu Menon (Women Unlimited, India 2013). This contains the first publication of a section of Attia Hosain's unfinished novel, ''No New Lands, No New Seas''. She was a woman of letters and a diasporic writer. She wrote in English although her mother tongue was Urdu. She wrote the semi-autobiographical novel ''Sunlight on a Broken Column'' (1961) and a collection of short stories titled ''Phoenix Fled''. Her career began in England in semi-exile making a contribution to post-colonial literature. Anita Desai, Vikram Seth, Aamer Hussein and Kamila Shamsie have acknowledged her influence. Background and education Attia was born in Lucknow into the liberal Kidwai clan of Oudh. Her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
