1880 - 1936
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand (pronounced [preːm t͡ʃənd̪] ), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. He was one of the first authors to write about caste hierarchies and the plights of women and labourers prevalent in the society of the late 1880s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Premchand has received more than 3,966,610 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Premchand is the 531st most popular writer (up from 623rd in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from India (down from 56th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Indian Writer.
Premchand is most famous for his novel, "Godan," which is a social and moral critique of the exploitation of the rural poor.
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Among writers, Premchand ranks 531 out of 5,755. Before him are Sidney Sheldon, Lesya Ukrainka, T. S. Eliot, Paul Claudel, Muhammad Iqbal, and José Martí. After him are Patrick Süskind, Camille Flammarion, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Washington Irving, Eugene O'Neill, and Erich Kästner.
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 525
1871 - 1913
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 526
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 527
1868 - 1955
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 528
1877 - 1938
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 529
1853 - 1895
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 530
1880 - 1936
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 531
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 532
1842 - 1925
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 533
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 534
1783 - 1859
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 535
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 536
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 537
Among people born in 1880, Premchand ranks 18. Before him are Franz Marc, André Derain, Paul Hausser, Manuel Azaña, Wilhelm List, and Werner von Fritsch. After him are Elton Mayo, Otto Weininger, Max Wertheimer, H. L. Mencken, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, and Alexander Blok. Among people deceased in 1936, Premchand ranks 19. Before him are Albert Fish, G. K. Chesterton, Alexander Glazunov, Miguel de Unamuno, Fuad I of Egypt, and Grazia Deledda. After him are José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Louis Blériot, Hans von Seeckt, Ottorino Respighi, Karl Kraus, and Buenaventura Durruti.
1880 - 1916
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 12
1880 - 1954
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 13
1880 - 1972
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 14
1880 - 1940
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 15
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 16
1880 - 1939
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 17
1880 - 1936
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 18
1880 - 1949
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 19
1880 - 1903
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 20
1880 - 1943
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 21
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 22
1880 - 1940
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 23
1880 - 1921
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 24
1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 13
1874 - 1936
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 14
1865 - 1936
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 15
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 16
1868 - 1936
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 17
1871 - 1936
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 18
1880 - 1936
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 19
1903 - 1936
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 20
1872 - 1936
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 21
1866 - 1936
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 22
1879 - 1936
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 23
1874 - 1936
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 24
1896 - 1936
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 25
Among people born in India, Premchand ranks 60 out of 1,493. Before him are Zubin Mehta (1936), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Savitribai Phule (1831), Salman Khan (1965), and Vyasa (-390). After him are Aśvaghoṣa (80), Kim Philby (1912), Ronald Ross (1857), Satyajit Ray (1921), Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904), and Ram Mohan Roy (1772).
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 54
1811 - 1863
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 55
1875 - 1950
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 56
1831 - 1897
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 57
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 58
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 59
1880 - 1936
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 60
80 - 150
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 61
1912 - 1988
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 62
1857 - 1932
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 63
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 64
1904 - 1966
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 65
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 66
Among writers born in India, Premchand ranks 11. Before him are Valmiki (-80), Tulsidas (1532), Meera (1498), Salman Rushdie (1947), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), and Savitribai Phule (1831). After him are Ghalib (1797), Vātsyāyana (300), Tukaram (1608), Sarojini Naidu (1879), Lawrence Durrell (1912), and Basava (1134).
80 BC - 2 BC
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 5
1532 - 1623
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 6
1498 - 1546
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 8
1811 - 1863
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 9
1831 - 1897
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 10
1880 - 1936
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 11
1797 - 1869
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 12
300 - 500
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 13
1608 - 1650
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 14
1879 - 1949
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 15
1912 - 1990
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 16
1134 - 1196
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 17