Rajendra Yadav | |
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Born | Agra, United Provinces, British India | 28 August 1929
Died | 28 October 2013 New Delhi, India | (aged 84)
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Spouse | Manu Bhandari |
Rajendra Yadav (28 August 1929 – 28 October 2013) was a Hindi fiction writer, and a pioneer of the 'Nayi Kahani' movement of Hindi literature. He edited the literary magazine HANS, which was founded by Munshi Premchand in 1930 but ceased publication in 1953 – Yadav relaunched it on 31 July 1986, (Premchand's Birthday).[1][2]
His wife Manu Bhandari was a notable Hindi writer and novelist.