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Bhagwati Charan Verma | |
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 Portrait of Bhagawati Charan Verma | |
| Born | 30 August 1903 Safipur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Died | 5 October 1981 (aged 78) New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | MA, LL.B |
| Alma mater | Allahabad University |
| Genre | Novel |
| Notable awards | Padma 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.
- ^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
- ^ "Bhagwati Charan Verma". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2008.