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Munshi Premchand (July 31, 1880 - October 8, 1936) was a Hindi and Urdu novelist. He was born in Lamhi, a village near Banaras, Uttar Pradesh, India. His former name was Dhanpat Rai. He was the founder of Indian modern literature and was crowned as ‘King of Indian Novels’.