Biography of Premchand

 Hindi is such a subject that everyone adopts, that is, it becomes very easy for the easy and very difficult for the difficult. Hindi was going to be given a new look, a new identity every day, its writers were its writers. Among them, there was a great image of Munshi Premchand, he was rich in such a talented personality, who changed the course of Hindi subject.

He was a writer who changed with the times and gave a modern form to Hindi literature. Munshi Premchand gave such a literature to simple, easy Hindi, which people can never forget. Facing very difficult situations, he left his indelible mark in a beautiful subject like Hindi. Munshi Premchand was not only a writer of Hindi, but also a great writer, playwright, novelist, was rich in versatility.

• Premchand Biography
• Name Munshi Premchand
• Full Name Dhanpat Rai
• Born 31 July 1880
• The place of birth was in Lamhi village of Varanasi.
• Died 8 October 1936
• father ajaib rai
• Mata Anandi Devi
• Language Hindi and Urdu
• Nationality Hindustani
• Main works Godan, Embezzlement
• Biography of Munshi Premchand Ji

On 31 July 1880 in Lamhi, a small village in Banaras, where Premchand was born. Premchand ji was from a small and simple family. His grandfather Gur Sahai Rai, who was a patwari, and father Ajaib Rai, who was a post master. Since childhood, his life had gone through many struggles. When Premchand ji was only eight years old, his mother died due to a serious illness.

Premchand ji could not get the love of his parents since childhood due to the death of his mother at a very young age. Due to the government job, the father got transferred to Gaurakpur and after some time the father got married again. The stepmother never fully adopted Premchand ji. 

He had a different attachment towards Hindi since childhood. For which he himself started trying and started it with a small novel. He used to read short novels according to his interest. With this interest in reading, he started working at a wholesaler.

Due to which he continued to fulfill his hobby of reading books throughout his day. Premchand ji was very simple and kind-hearted. Never used to argue without talking to anyone, was always ready to help others. 

He had a deep faith in God. First of all, he got a job with a lawyer on a monthly salary of five rupees to overcome the constraints of the house. Gradually, he made himself proficient in every subject, due to which he got a good job going ahead. and was appointed as the principal of a missionary school. He fought every kind of struggle with laughter and finally took his last mother-in-law on 8 October 1936.

Education of Munshi Premchand

Premchand's early education began at the age of seven in a small madrasa in his own village, Lamhi. While in the madrasa, he acquired the knowledge of Urdu and Hindi along with some knowledge of English language.

While doing so, he gradually pursued his education on his own strength and joined a college in Banaras for further graduation. Due to paucity of money, he had to leave his studies midway. He passed his matriculation with great difficulty. But he did not give up at any stage of his life and in 1919 he studied again and got a BA degree.

Munshi Premchand Marriage

Premchand ji was fighting the battle of luck since childhood. The love and happiness of family has never been met properly. Due to old customs, under pressure from the father, he got married at a very young age at the age of fifteen. This marriage of Premchand ji took place without his consent, without asking him, with a girl who was very quarrelsome and ugly in nature. Seeing the daughter of a rich family, the father got married.

Soon the father also died, the whole burden fell on Premchand ji. There came a time that even after the job, he had to sell his valuables and run the house in times of need. At a very young age, all the burden of the house fell on him. 

Because of this, he did not get along with Premchand's first wife at all, due to which he divorced her. And after some time passed, he married a second of his choice, at the age of about twenty-five, to a widowed woman. Premchand ji's second marriage was very successful, after that he got promoted day by day.

Munshi Premchand's Style of Work

Premchand ji was active in his work since childhood. Despite all the difficulties, he did not give up till the last moment. And kept doing something till the last moment, and left his priceless creations not only in Hindi but also in Urdu.

After leaving Lamhi village, he lived for at least four years in Kanpur, where he met the editor of a magazine, and published many articles and stories. Meanwhile, wrote many poems for the freedom movement.

Gradually, his stories, poems, articles etc. started getting a lot of appreciation from the people. Due to which he was promoted, and he was transferred to Gaurakpur. Here too, publications kept coming one after the other, in the meantime he maintained his active participation in the movements of Mahatma Gandhi by supporting him. Some of his novels were published in Hindi and some in Urdu.

In 1921, after consulting his wife, he came to Banaras and decided to leave the government job. And focused on writing according to his interest. After a time, to bring about a new change in his writing interest, he joined the cinema world.

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