Acharya Chatursen Shastri

Acharya Chatursen Shastri was an Indian writer of Hindi literature. He wrote many historical fictions, including Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu adapted into a feature film (1948), Vayam Rakshamah (1951), Somnath (1954), and Dharamputra which was adapted into the 1961 feature film of the same name. ^{Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright (d. 1960)}

26 August 1891

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