Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar
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Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar (1846 -1903) considered the first novelists of India
in Urdu
and editor of the Lucknow
newspaper Avadh Akhbar.
His serialized novel Fasana-e Azad (The Tale of Azad), which appeared between 1878 and 1885 as a serialized supplement in his paper, was influenced by novels like The Pickwick Papers
and Don Quixote, as well as the great epic romances (dastan) of Persian and Urdu. It followed the adventures of the hero through the streets of Lucknow
to the battlefields of the Turko-Russian War.
He died in Hyderabad under mysterious circumstances.
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/published/txt_sarshar.html
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
and editor of the Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
newspaper Avadh Akhbar.
His serialized novel Fasana-e Azad (The Tale of Azad), which appeared between 1878 and 1885 as a serialized supplement in his paper, was influenced by novels like The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club is the first novel by Charles Dickens. After the publication, the widow of the illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any...
and Don Quixote, as well as the great epic romances (dastan) of Persian and Urdu. It followed the adventures of the hero through the streets of Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
to the battlefields of the Turko-Russian War.
He died in Hyderabad under mysterious circumstances.
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/published/txt_sarshar.html