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'''''Charumitra''''' is a Hindi language [[historical play]] in one act by Ram Kumar Verma (b. 1905); a well known Hindi poet, playwright, critic, and historian.<ref name="anthology"/><ref name="Encyclopedia">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_of_Indian_Literature/zB4n3MVozbUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Charumitra%22+Ram+Kumar+Verma&pg=PA1076&printsec=frontcover|pages=1074-1076|chapter=DRAMA-HINDI|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, Devraj to Jyoti; Volume 2|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|editor=Amaresh Datta|year=1988}}</ref> Sources give conflicting accounts to its date, with some sources giving the year as 1941 and others as 1942.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/><ref name="anthology"/> Widely recognized as a masterpiece of modern [[Hindi theatre]], an excerpt from the play was included in ''Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose'' (1992).<ref name="anthology">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Modern_Indian_Literature_an_Anthology_Pl/eTXougCB-NMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=charumitra+play&pg=PA210&printsec=frontcover|chapter=Modern Hindi Drama:A Selection; Charumitra Ram Kumar Verma|pages=166, 210-220|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|editor=K. M. George|year=1992|isbn=9788172017835}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopedia"/> <ref name="Narayan">{{cite journal|title=India|author=Narayan, Shyamala A|work=Journal of Commonwealth literature|date=September 1978|volume=13|number=2|pages=111-129}}</ref> Ram Kumar Verma adapted the work into the English language, organizing the play in three acts and publishing it in 1957.<ref name="Narayan"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Translations of Hindi Works Into English: A Bibliography|page=44|author=Dipali Ghosh|year=1995|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers|isbn=9788121506953}}</ref> The English translation of the play was acquired by the [[Library of Congress]] in 1978.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Accessions_List_India/fFNwBzdzzY0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=charumitra+play&dq=charumitra+play&printsec=frontcover|title=Accessions List, India, volume 17|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|year=1978|page=756}}</ref> <br />
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The play is titled after the fictional character of Charumitra who is a maid servant to the historical figure of [[Tishyaraksha]], the last wife of the third [[List of Indian monarchs|Mauryan emperor]] [[Ashoka]].<ref name="anthology"/> The play takes place in the thirteenth year of Ashoka's reign in the 3rd century BCE with Charumitra acting as a foil to the historical figures at the center of the play.<ref name="anthology"/> <br />
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