A pioneer in Hindi literature, the writer popularly known as “Upanyas Samrat” (King of novels), wrote more than a dozen novels and penned around 300 short stories.
Considered to be the first Hindi author whose writings prominently featured realism, Premchand presented a critical and modern view on the oppressed and urban-middle class of the society in his novels “Godaan”, “Nirmala”, “Rangbhoomi” and “Sevasadan”.
His famous stories are “Kafan”, “Shatranj Ke Khiladi”, “Idgah”, “Poos Ki Raat”, “Namak Ka Daroga” and “Sadgati” among many others.
Rai said his grandfather was ahead of his times and that can be seen in the women characters that he wrote about as they were strong characters with a will of their own.
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