Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar | |
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| Born | 1846 or 1847 |
| Died | 21 January 1903 Hyderabad, British India |
| Pen name | Sarshar |
| Occupation | novelist, columnist, editor |
| Language | Urdu |
| Nationality | British India |
| Notable works | Fasana-e-Azad |
Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar (1846 or 1847 – 21 January 1903) was an Indian Urdu novelist, columnist and editor from British India. Born into a Kashmiri Brahmin family which settled in Lucknow, he received his education at Canning College and later took up employment as a schoolteacher. In August 1878, he was appointed editor of the Lucknow-based newspaper Avadh Akhbar, in which his most famous work Fasana-e-Azad was published serially.