1. Nathuram Premi was an Indian writer, publisher, poet, editor, and linguist in the field of Jainism as well as Hindi literature.
12 Facts About Nathuram Premi
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Nathuram Premi cleared his pre-high school exams in 1898 and became a schoolteacher nearby at Rehli.
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Nathuram Premi excelled in the field of literature as a poet, editor, writer and publisher earning respect and affection of his contemporaries like Munshi Premchand, Mahaviraprasad Dwivedi, Rahul Sankrityayan, Pandit Sukhlalji, Muni Jinavijayaji, Ganeshprasadji Varni, Pandit Becharadasji Doshi, Pandit Agarchand Nahata and Dr Dalsukh Malvania.
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Nathuram Premi published Premchand's short story collections entitled Nava Nidhi and Sapta Saroj.
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Under the inspiration of his guru Syed Amir Ali Mir, Nathuram became a budding poet, writing in Urdu and Braj under the nom de plume of "Premi".
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Nathuram Premi's poems were published in the literary magazines of the time, Rasika Mitra, Rasika Vatika and Kavya Sudhakara.
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Nathuram Premi published almost the entire oeuvre of Sharat Chandra Chatterji, the Bengali writer, and some works of Rabindranath Tagore, such as Ankh ki Kirkiri, and Nauka Dubi.
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Nathuram Premi published works of then new writers such as Hajariprasad Dvivedi, Jainendrakumar, Yashpal, Acharya Chatursen, and Pandit Sudarshan.
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Nathuram Premi published the Bengali plays of Dvijendra Lal Rai for the first time in Hindi.
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Nathuram Premi ran the Manikacandra Jain Granthamala on an honorary basis between 1915 and the 1950s selling all the books at cost price.
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Nathuram Premi once remarked to Sukhlalji that he wished that the learned Digambara scholars would give up their sectarian views.
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Nathuram Premi left behind his daughter-in-law and two grandsons, Yashodhar Modi and Vidyadhar Modi.