| Name(s) |
BHAGWATI CHARAN
VERMA |
| Date of
Birth |
August 30, 1903 |
| Date of
Death |
October 05, 1981 |
|
Identity |
Indian Hindi Writer - Author of
CHITRALEKHA |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He was one of the leading
writers in Hindi.
- He wrote many novels, but his
magnum opus was Chitralekha
(1934), which was made into two
successful Hindi films,
1941 and 1964.
- He was nominated to Rajya Sabha
in 1978.
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Awards and Accolades |
- 1961 Sahitya Akademi
Award in Hindi, for his
epic five-part novel, Bhoole Bisre
Chitra
- 1971 the Padma Bhushan,
one of India's civil honours.
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