Bhagwati Charan Verma (भगवती चरण वर्मा) (August 30, 1903 -October 5, 1981), was one of the leading writers in Hindi. He wrote many novels, but his magnum opus was 'Chitralekha' (चित्रलेखा), which was made into two successful Hindi films, 1941 and 1964.[1][2]
He was awarded the 1961 Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi, for his epic five-part novel, Bhoole Bisre Chitra (भूले-बिसरे चित्र) [3]; and in 1971 the Padma Bhushan, one of India's civil honours [4] and nominated to Rajya Sabha in 1978.
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Bhagwati Charan Verma was born on August 30, 1903, at Safipur in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh [5][6], where he received his early education. He also spent some years living with his extended family (with some colourful uncles[7]) at the ancestral home in Patkapur. Thereafter he studied in Thesophical School [8], and went on to do his B.A. L.L.B. from Allahabad University [6]. He work at Calcutta Film Corporation for a while, followed by editing a weekly magazine, titled 'Vichaar'. He also did screenwriting in Bombay, and later edited a Hindi daily 'Navjeevan'; and finally he started writing independently in 1957.
He remained the Hindi Advisor at All India Radio, Lucknow for a while, and later in 1978, he was nominated to the Upper House of Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha [9], and died on October 5, 1981. Today, a park is name after him, in his birthplace, the town of Safipur[10]
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