1. Krishan Chander was an Indian Urdu and Hindi writer of short stories and novels.
10 Facts About Krishan Chander
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Krishan Chander was a prolific writer, penning over 20 novels, 30 collections of short stories and scores of radio plays in Urdu, and later, after partition in 1947, took to writing in Hindi as well.
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Krishan Chander wrote screen-plays for Bollywood movies to supplement his meagre income as an author of satirical stories.
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Krishan Chander was born in Bharatpur, Rajasthan where his father worked as a doctor.
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Krishan Chander used Pahari words while writing in Urdu.
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Krishan Chander has been described as the "author of more than 100 books including novels, collections of short stories, plays, fantasies, satires, parodies, reportages, film-scripts and books for children", which include:.
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Krishan Chander later took a second wife, and he was her second husband.
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Krishan Chander died working at his desk in Mumbai on 8 March 1977.
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Krishan Chander had just started to write a satirical essay entitled Adab baray-e-Batakh, and wrote just one line Noorani ko bachpan hi se paltoo janwaron ka shauq tha.
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Krishan Chander's statue has been erected in the middle of that garden.