Occupation Urdu scholar, writer Name Gyan Jain | Awards Padma Shri Known for Urdu | |
Born 1923 Seohara, Bijnore district, India Died August 2007, Porterville, California, United States | ||
Gyan Chand Jain is an Indian writer and scholar of Urdu literature. Born in 1923 at Seohara of Bijnore district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, he was known for his scholarship on Ghalib literature. He authored several books including Aik Bhasha: Do Likhawat, Do Adab and Urdu Ki Nasri Dastanain, the latter considered by many as his masterpiece. Jain was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri He died, aged 85, in August 2007 at Porterville, California.
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