Indian Literature and Authors

Raghuvansa (Raghuvamsha) is a Sanskrit epic by Kalidas about the Raghu dynasty. Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas in Awadhi, Valmiki wrote the Ramayana, and Munshi Premchand was a Hindi novelist.

Rangbhoomi (The Arena) is a novel by Munshi Premchand about rural India. Tagore wrote Gitanjali, and M.K. Gandhi and Indira Gandhi were political leaders, not novelists.

Savitri is a poetic epic by Sri Aurobindo Ghose, based on the legend from the Mahabharata. Kalidas wrote the play Shakuntala, H.G. Wells wrote science fiction, and Sashi Batra is not a known author.

Shakuntala is a famous Sanskrit play by Kalidas, based on the Mahabharata story. Firdausi was a Persian poet, H.G. Wells wrote science fiction, and Khushwant Singh was a modern Indian writer.

Sohrab and Rustum is a narrative poem by Matthew Arnold based on the Persian epic Shahnameh. Lala Lajpat Rai and Sarojini Naidu were Indian freedom fighters, and Robert Frost was an American poet.

"She Stoops to Conquer" is a classic comedy written by Oliver Goldsmith in 1773. The play is a witty satire about mistaken identities and social manners. The other options are incorrect: Sunil Gavaskar is a cricketer, R.K. Narayan wrote Indian fiction in English, and Annie Besant was a theosophist and social reformer.

Bhavabhuti was a classical Sanskrit scholar and poet who wrote "Uttar Ramacharita", a Sanskrit play focusing on the later part of Rama's life. He was one of the greatest Sanskrit dramatists during the reign of Yashovarman of Kannauj. The other options are incorrect: Amrita Pritam was a Punjabi writer, Adam Smith was an economist, and Leslie Ford was a mystery writer.

Lala Lajpat Rai wrote "Unhappy India" (1928) as a response to Katherine Mayo's "Mother India", critiquing British colonial rule and defending Indian society. It was an important political text in the independence movement. The other options are incorrect: John Ruskin was a critic, M.K. Gandhi wrote "My Experiments with Truth", and Munshi Premchand was a Hindi-Urdu fiction writer.

"The Virginians" is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, published in 1857-59. It follows the adventures of two brothers in Virginia and England during the American Revolutionary War period. The other options are incorrect: R.N. Tagore was a Bengali polymath, Nirad C. Chaudhuri was a writer, and Amrita Pritam was a Punjabi poet.

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Pranab Bardhan is the author of ‘Political Economy of Development in India’.

Malik Muhammad Jayasi composed the epic poem Padmavat in 1540 in Awadhi, narrating the legendary story of Rani Padmini of Chittor and Alauddin Khilji's siege. This Sufi mystical work blends romance with spiritual allegory, representing the pinnacle of Avadhi literature and influencing North Indian literary tradition for centuries.