Gian Chand Jain
Gyan Chand Jain (1923 – 2007) was an Indian writer and scholar of Urdu literature. Gian Chand Jain was born in 1923 at Seohara of Bijnore district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Jain was known for his scholarship on Ghalib literature. He authored several books including Aik Bhasha: Do Likhawat, Do Adab and Urdu Ki Nasri Dastanain, the latter considered by many as his masterpiece.
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Gian Chand Jain
- Name
- Gyan Chand Jain
- Born
- 1923
- Birthplace
- Seohara, Bijnore district, India
- Died
- August 2007
- Place of death
- Porterville, California
- Occupation
- Urdu scholar, writer
- Known for
- Urdu
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
- Honours
- Padma Shri in literature and education · Sahitya Akademi Award
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Gyan Chand Jain (1923 – 2007) was an Indian writer and scholar of Urdu literature. Gian Chand Jain was born in 1923 at Seohara of Bijnore district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Jain was known for his scholarship on Ghalib literature. He authored several books including Aik Bhasha: Do Likhawat, Do Adab and Urdu Ki Nasri Dastanain, the latter considered by many as his masterpiece.
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Jain received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu in 1982. He died, aged 85, in August 2007 at Porterville, California.
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• Name — Gyan Chand Jain • Born — 1923 • Birthplace — Seohara, Bijnore district, India • Died — August 2007 • Place of death — Porterville, California • Occupation — Urdu scholar, writer • Known for — Urdu
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- 1.The world of urdu poetry. 18 August 2007.
- 2.Gyan Chand Jain. Aik Bhasha: Do Likhawat, Do Adab. 312. 2012. 978-9695621677.
- 3.Gian Chand Jain. Urdū kī nas̲rī dāstānen̲. Anjaman Tarraqi-i-Urdu. 848. 1969.
- 4.Dawn. 9 October 2014.
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