WRITER

Krishan Chander

1914 - 1977

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Krishan Chander (23 November 1914 – 8 March 1977) was an Indian Urdu and Hindi writer of short stories and novels. Some of his works have also been translated into English. He was a prolific writer, penning over 20 novels, 30 collections of short stories and scores of radio plays in Urdu, and later, after partition in 1947, took to writing in Hindi as well. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krishan Chander has received more than 239,712 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Krishan Chander is the 4,266th most popular writer (down from 3,687th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from India (down from 427th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 240k

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  • 56.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Krishan Chander ranks 4,266 out of 7,302. Before him are Guzal Sitdikova, Richard Pococke, Joachim Ringelnatz, Rube Goldberg, August Ahlqvist, and Josef Kajetán Tyl. After him are Adalet Ağaoğlu, Roy Jacobsen, Vladislav Khodasevich, Ciro Alegría, Theodore Abu Qurrah, and Chen Zi'ang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Krishan Chander ranks 238. Before him are Jo Cals, Marcel Kint, Jijé, Victor Sen Yung, Jyoti Basu, and Annemarie Selinko. After him are Jack Cardiff, Hermínio de Brito, Helen Johns, William Phillips, Adolf Urban, and Orhan Kemal. Among people deceased in 1977, Krishan Chander ranks 157. Before him are Matthew Garber, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Mwambutsa IV of Burundi, Alexander Galich, Philipp Etter, and Lūcija Garūta. After him are Carlos Prío Socarrás, Louis Clarke, Tay Garnett, José Perácio, Otto Kaiser, and Mike Parkes.

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In India

Among people born in India, Krishan Chander ranks 533 out of 1,861. Before him are Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Alivardi Khan (1671), Sabu Dastagir (1924), Jyoti Basu (1914), Kātyāyana (-200), and Amjad Khan (1940). After him are Mohan Bhagwat (1950), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (1959), Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Nirmal Verma (1929), Balamani Amma (1909), and Jagjivan Ram (1908).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Krishan Chander ranks 79. Before him are Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), Faizi (1547), Mahadev Desai (1892), Arundhati Roy (1961), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), and Saadat Hasan Manto (1912). After him are Nirmal Verma (1929), Balamani Amma (1909), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Yashpal (1903), and Hasrat Mohani (1875).

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