Premchand

Indian Hindustani writer (1880–1936) MunshiPremchandPremchand in 1930sBornDhanpat Rai Srivastava(1880-07-31)31 July 1880Lamhi, Benares State, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)Died8 October 1936(1936-10-08) (aged 56)Benares, Benares State, British India (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)OccupationsNovelist, short story writerSpouseUnknown (m. 1895; divorced) Shivarani Devi ​ ​(m. 1906; died 1936)​ChildrenAmrit RaiWriting careerPen namePremchand, Nawab RaiLanguageHindi, UrduYears active1920–1936Notable worksGodaan, Bazaar-e-Husn, Karmabhoomi, Shatranj ke Khiladi, Gaban, Mansarovar, Idgah Signature Part of a series on theHindustani language(or the Hindi–Urdusocial dialect continuum) Dialects Hindi Urdu Regional or dialectal variants (Andaman Creole HindiAurangabadi UrduBangalori UrduBegamatiBihari HindiBombay HindiDeccaniDhakaiya UrduHaflong HindiHinglishHyderabadi UrduJudeo-UrduKalkatiya UrduKarkhandari UrduKauraviRekhtaUrdish) History Old Hindi Hindi–Urdu controversy (SanskritisationUrdu propagation movementHindutva boycott of Hindi cinema) Persian and Urdu List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin Hindi Belt (Hindi in Bihar) Hindi in Pakis