Ramchandra Shukla

Ramchandra Shukla
Born(1884-10-11)11 October 1884
Basti, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died2 February 1941(1941-02-02) (aged 56)
Benares, Benares State, British India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Writer, essayist, scholar, historian, novelist, critic.
Known forCodifier of the history of Hindi literature in a scientific system.

Ram Chandra Shukla (4 October 1884 – 2 February 1941), better known as Acharya Shukla, was an Indian historian of Hindi literature. He is regarded as the first codifier of the history of Hindi literature in a scientific system by using wide, empirical research with scant resources. As an author he is best known for Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihaas (1928–29).

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