Bhagwati Charan Verma

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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
EducationBA, 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][2] He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his epic five-part novel, Bhoole Bisre Chitra in 1961 and Padma Bhushan in 1971.[3] He was also nominated to Rajya Sabha in 1978.

Early life and education[edit]

Verma Sahab was born on 30 August 1903 in a Kayastha family in Tahsil Safipur, in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India,[4][5] 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. [6] He also spent some years living with his extended family at the ancestral home in Patkapur.[7] Thereafter he studied in The Sophical School,[8] and went on to do his B.A. L.L.B. from Allahabad University.[5]

Career[edit]

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.[9] He died on 5 October 1981.[10] A park is named after him, in his birthplace, the town of Safipur[11]

Writings[edit]

  • Bhule Bisre Chitra, Rajkamal Prakashan, Delhi, 1959.
  • Chitralekha
  • Yuvraj Choonda
  • Sabahin Nachawat Ram Gosain
  • Kahi na Jay ka Kahiye
  • Rekha
  • Samarthya Aur Seema
  • Sampooran Natak
  • Sidhi Sachchi Baten
  • Tedhey Medhey Rastey
  • Woh Phir Nahi Aai
  • Do Banke
  • Mathrubhu Barbar Santh Pranam
  • Diwano ki Hasti
  • Chanakya [12][13]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • Bhagwati Charan Verma, by Srilal Shukla, Translator, Tripti Jain, New Delhi, Sahitya Akademi. 1994. ISBN 81-7201-014-1.[3][14]

TV serial[edit]

References[edit]

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

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External links[edit]

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