WRITER

Harivansh Rai Bachchan

1907 - 2003

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Harivansh Rai Bachchan (né Srivastava; 27 November 1907 – 18 January 2003) was an Indian poet and writer of the Nayi Kavita literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He is best known for his early work Madhushala. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harivansh Rai Bachchan has received more than 3,779,789 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Harivansh Rai Bachchan is the 1,674th most popular writer (up from 1,770th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from India (down from 212th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Harivansh Rai Bachchan ranks 1,674 out of 7,302. Before him are Martin Opitz, Edward Lear, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Upton Sinclair, Martin Walser, and Barbara Cartland. After him are Konstantin Paustovsky, Basil Valentine, Jules Romains, Fredric Jameson, Albert Cohen, and Emilia Pardo Bazán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Harivansh Rai Bachchan ranks 98. Before him are Sebastian Haffner, Jean Hyppolite, Avraham Stern, Manfred von Ardenne, Momčilo Đujić, and Ernesto Mascheroni. After him are Arseny Tarkovsky, Herbert Kappler, Frithjof Schuon, Charles Eames, John Mauchly, and Takeo Miki. Among people deceased in 2003, Harivansh Rai Bachchan ranks 70. Before him are June Carter Cash, Elem Klimov, John Schlesinger, Ilan Ramon, Vasil Bykaŭ, and Miloš Milutinović. After him are Michael Jeter, Walt Whitman Rostow, Eizo Yuguchi, Valeriy Brumel, Fritz Fischer, and Ramón Serrano Suñer.

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In India

Among people born in India, Harivansh Rai Bachchan ranks 215 out of 1,861. Before him are Tarabai (1675), Rajesh Khanna (1942), Śāntarakṣita (725), Khudiram Bose (1889), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), and Ibrahim Lodi (1450). After him are Anna Leonowens (1831), Rajendra Chola I (1000), Anna Hazare (1937), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876), Jamsetji Tata (1839), and Rani Durgavati (1524).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Harivansh Rai Bachchan ranks 36. Before him are Mahadevi Varma (1907), Dnyaneshwar (1275), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), Andal (800), Kuvempu (1904), and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942). After him are Anna Leonowens (1831), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Surdas (1478), Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), and D. R. Bendre (1896).

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