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Literature
Bhagwati Charan Verma
भगवती चरण वर्मा
- Born
- 30 August 1903
- Birthplace
- Safipur, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
- Died
- 5 October 1981
- Field
- Literature
Hindi novelist best known for Chitralekha (twice filmed) and Bhoole Bisre Chitra, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award. Padma Bhushan and Rajya Sabha member.
Also born on 30 August: Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Source: Kayastha family background as recorded in the English Wikipedia article.
