Bhagwati Charan Verma

Bhagwati Charan Verma
Portrait of Bhagawati Charan Verma
Portrait of Bhagawati Charan Verma
Born(1903-08-30)30 August 1903
Safipur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died5 October 1981(1981-10-05) (aged 78)
New Delhi, India
OccupationWriter
NationalityIndian
EducationMA, LL.B
Alma materAllahabad University
GenreNovel
Notable awardsPadma Bhushan
Sahitya Akademi Award

Bhagwati Charan Verma (30 August 1903 – 5 October 1981) was a Hindi author. He wrote many novels, his best work was Chitralekha (1934), which was made into two successful Hindi films in 1941 and 1964 respectively.[1][citation needed] He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his epic five-part novel, Bhoole Bisre Chitra in 1961 and Padma Bhushan in 1971.[2] He was also nominated to Rajya Sabha in 1978.Bhagwati Charan Vohra was born in November 1903 in Lahore. His father Shiv Charan Vohra was a high-ranking railway official. Bhagwati Charan Verma was taught by Adarsh Sachdeva.

Early life and education

Verma Sahab was born on 30 August 1903 in a Kayastha family in Tahsil Safipur, in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India,[3][4] where he received his early education.[citation needed] His father, Shri Devi Charan Ji used to advocate in Kanpur.[citation needed] Balak Bhagwati's early education was in Safipur. Bhagwati Babu was sent to Prayag University for higher education from where he received a bachelor's degree in literature and law.[5] He also spent some years living with his extended family at the ancestral home in Patkapur.[6] Thereafter he studied in The Sophical School,[7] and went on to do his B.A. L.L.B. from Allahabad University.[4]

Career

He also served as a Hindi advisor at All India Radio, Lucknow and later in 1978, he was nominated to the Upper House of Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha.[8] He died on 5 October 1981.[9] A park is named after him, in his birthplace, the town of Safipur[10]

Writings

[11][12] He also wrote other numerous short stories which were not published but still was recognised by other writers

Further reading

  • Bhagwati Charan Verma, by Srilal Shukla, Translator, Tripti Jain, New Delhi, Sahitya Akademi. 1994. ISBN 81-7201-014-1.[2][13]

TV serial

References

  1. ^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
  2. ^ a b "Bhagwati Charan Verma". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Personalities". Unnao.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b "भगवती चरण वर्मा". Abhivyakti-hindi.org. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Bhagwati Charan Verma- Introduction". Gadya Kosh.
  6. ^ Tripti Jain tr. biography, p.5
  7. ^ [1] Archived 15 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Bhagwati Charan Verma". India9.com. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Bhagvati Charan Varmas - Chitralekha saga".
  10. ^ "Bhagwati Charan Verma Park". Wikimap.org. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  11. ^ Chanakya on Amazon. ASIN 8126716762.
  12. ^ "Books available on Amazon".
  13. ^ "sahitya-akademi.org". Sahitya-akademi.org. Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

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