About Gian Chand Jain
Lived 1923 – 2007 (aged 83–84). Gian Chand Jain was an Indian poet, writer and urdu.
Gyan Chand Jain (1923 – 2007) was an Indian writer and scholar of Urdu literature. Born in 1923 at Seohara of Bijnore district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Jain was known for his scholarship on Ghalib literature. and Urdu Ki Nasri Dastanain, the latter considered by many as his masterpiece.
Jain received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu in 1982. He died, aged 85, in August 2007 at Porterville, California.
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Who was Gian Chand Jain?
Urdu author
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Gian Chand Jain was born in 1923 in Seohara.
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Gian Chand Jain died in 2007 in Porterville.
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Gian Chand Jain was a poet, writer and urdu.
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Gian Chand Jain was Indian.
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