''Aangan'' (), alternatively spelled ''Angan'', is a period novel by Pakistani novelist and short story writer Khadija Mastoor. Published in 1962, it is hailed as a masterpiece of Urdu literature. It won Mastoor the 1963

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for Urdu prose and has been translated into 13 languages. English translations of the novel by Daisy Rockwell titled ''Inner Courtyard'' and ''The Women's Courtyard'' were published in 2000 and 2018, respectively. A Pakistani TV series adaptation of the novel starring

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and

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was aired on Hum TV from 2018 to 2019. Renewed interest in the novel caused it to become the number one bestseller in the country in 2019.

Adaptations

A Pakistani TV series adaptation of the novel starring

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was aired on Hum TV from 2018 to 2019. In

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, a show of the same name based on the novel was created by

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and aired in mid 2018.

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Pakistani novels Urdu-language novels Urdu-language literature Urdu-language fiction Pakistani fiction 1962 novels Novels set in British India Novels set in Pakistan Novels set in the 20th century Novels set in the 1940s 1960s novels Partition of India in fiction Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award

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