Presentation about Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar Done by : Zokirova D

Presentation about Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar

Done by : Zokirova D.

Plan of the presentation

• Novelist, columnist and editor Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar
• Biography of the novelist
• Works done by Sarshar

Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar was an urdu novelist, columnist and an editor from British India. Born into a Kashmiri Brahmin family which settled in Lucknow, he received his education at Canning College and later took up employment as a schoolteacher.

• Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar was an urdu novelist, columnist and an editor from British India. Born into a Kashmiri Brahmin family which settled in Lucknow, he received his education at Canning College and later took up employment as a schoolteacher.

In August 1878, he was appointed editor of a Lucknow-based newspaper Avadh Akhbar, in which his most famous work Fasana-e-Azad was published serially.

• In August 1878, he was appointed editor of a Lucknow-based newspaper Avadh Akhbar, in which his most famous work Fasana-e-Azad was published serially.

Sarshar’s date of birth is uncertain. He joined , for his schooling, the Canning College (which later migrated into University of Lucknow. He later o Hyderabad where he was engaged to Maharajara Sir Kishen Pershad

Sarshar’s date of birth is uncertain. He joined , for his schooling, the Canning College (which later migrated into University of Lucknow. He later o Hyderabad where he was engaged to Maharajara Sir Kishen Pershad

His serialized novel Fasana-e-Azad (The Tale of Azad), which appeared between 1878 and 1883 as a regular supplement in his paper, was influenced by novels like The Pickwick Paper and Don Quixote , as well as the epic romances of Persian an Urdu.

• His serialized novel Fasana-e-Azad (The Tale of Azad), which appeared between 1878 and 1883 as a regular supplement in his paper, was influenced by novels like The Pickwick Paper and Don Quixote , as well as the epic romances of Persian an Urdu.

Satirist Sharad Joshi also penned a Hindi TV serial Wah Janaab based on Fasana-e-Azad which ran succesfully on the state-run television channel Doordarshan in the 1980.

• Satirist Sharad Joshi also penned a Hindi TV serial Wah Janaab based on Fasana-e-Azad which ran succesfully on the state-run television channel Doordarshan in the 1980.

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