Rangeya Raghava (रांगेय राघव) (17 January 1923 – 12 September 1962),[1][2] birth nameTirumalai Nambakam Vir Raghava Acharya, was born inAgra, a city ofUttar Pradeshstate,India, and lived inWeir village ofBharatpur. A prominent Hindi writer of the 20th century, he completed his post-graduation studies fromSt. John's College, Agra, and later completed hisPh.D. onGuru Gorakhnath and his times. He started writing at the age of 13 years, and during his short life of 39 years, he was endowed with a number of prizes. His wife Sulochana Rangeya Raghava lives inJaipur and has been an Associate Professor of Sociology in the University Of Rajasthan.There is an Inter College in Ambedkar Nagar District named Rangey Raghav Inter College after him.
One of his famous novelsKab tak pukaroon (How Long Do I Call) was made into a television series forDoordarshan. It was directed by late Sudhanshu Mishra and produced by Sudhir Mishra. It dealt with the conflicts between twosocial groups of India, the nomadic community of Nats (likeRomani of Europe) and the Thakurs - both groups placed at different hierarchical social levels in the Indian traditional society of yesteryears. His other novel,Murdon Ka Teela (The Mound of The Dead), published in 1948, is the story of theIndus valley civilization, and incorporates many archaeological discoveries.
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