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{{short description|Hindi writer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Ramnarayan Yadavendu
| education = B.A, LLB
| birth_date = 1909
| birth_place = [[Agra]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], British India
| death_date = 1951
| death_place = [[Agra]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| occupation = Writer, fictionist, [[social reformer]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| period =
| alma_mater = [[Agra University]]
| genre = [[Hindi literature]], [[Dalit Literature]]
| notableworks = ''Yaduvansh Ka Itihas'', ''Bharatiya Sanskriti aur Nagrik Jivan'' and ''Rashtra Sangh aur Vishwa Shanti''
| spouse = Savita Devi Yadavendu
| children =
| relatives =
| awards =
}}

'''Ramnarayan Yadavendu''' (1909–1951) was a [[Hindi language|Hindi]] writer, storyteller, essayist and social reformer.

== Personal life ==
Ramnarayan Yadavendu was born into [[Jatav]] caste to Dalchand Yadavendu at Agra, Uttar Pradesh. He did his B.A and LLB from [[Agra university]] and worked as a contractor. His family was influenced by [[Arya Samaj]] and promoted abolition of child marriage, drinking and vegetarianism.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Narayan|first=Badri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=piwpDwAAQBAJ&q=ramnarayan+yadavendu&pg=PT114|title=The Making of the Dalit Public in North India: Uttar Pradesh, 1950–Present|date=11 May 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-908845-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWms_1WzF1sC&q=ramnarayan+yadavendu+agra&pg=PA200|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|date=2003|publisher=Permanent Black|isbn=978-81-7824-080-0|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
He was close associate of [[Manik Chand Jatav-vir]] and was founding member of [[Jatav Mahasabha]]. Both of them were instrumental in bringing [[B. R. Ambedkar|Dr. B.R.Ambedkar]] to Agra for Scheduled Caste Conference. He also helped in establishing the Jatav Veer Institute.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kshīrasāgara|first=Rāmacandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&q=ramnarayan+yadavendu&pg=PA374|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857–1956|date=1994|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-43-3|language=en}}</ref>

He also served as Pubtlic Officer and Resettlement Officer at Agra in 1945. Later, he became editor of a monthly, '<nowiki/>''Vishwamitra''<nowiki/>' and '''Madhuri''<nowiki/>'.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pai|first=Sudha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-qICwAAQBAJ&q=ramnarayan+yadavendu&pg=PT58|title=Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh|date=1 August 2002|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=978-81-321-1991-3|language=en}}</ref> His book "''Yaduvansh Ka Itihas''" played an key role in formation of Jatav Mahasabha.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hunt|first=Sarah Beth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Xg9BAAAQBAJ&q=ramnarayan+yadavendu&pg=PT35|title=Hindi Dalit Literature and the Politics of Representation|date=7 August 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-55951-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Rawat|first=Ramnarayan S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bz5dKC81O3IC&q=Ram+Narayan+Yadvendu&pg=PA127|title=Reconsidering Untouchability: Chamars and Dalit History in North India|date=2011|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-22262-6|language=en}}</ref>

He was a prolific writer of [[Premchand]]'s era and his writings include - Nabin Bharatiya Shashan Vidhan, Bharatiya Sanskriti aur Nagrik Jivan, Rashtra Sangh aur Vishwa Shanti, Vishvagyan Bharti, Hitler Ke Vichar, Rajya Vigyan aur Shahdhan, Adarsh Patni, Kala, Sahitya Lochan Ke Siddhant, Adarsh Santan Nigrah and Bharat Ka Dalit Samaj.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chatterjee|first=Ramananda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpw_6LOOmlcC&q=ramnarayan+yadavendu|title=The Modern Review|date=1939|publisher=Prabasi Press Private, Limited|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=श्री रामनारायण 'यदवेन्दू ' – Shri Ram Narayan 'Yadwendu' Books in Hindi PDF {{!}} Read Online {{!}} Download for Free|url=https://epustakalay.com/writer/143-shri-ram-narayan-yadwendu/|access-date=19 November 2020|website=ePustakalay|language=hi-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Savary|first=Luzia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=APaODwAAQBAJ&q=ramnarayan+yadavendu+writer&pg=PT210|title=Evolution, Race and Public Spheres in India: Vernacular Concepts and Sciences (1860–1930)|date=27 March 2019|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-01006-1|language=en}}</ref> He was also the member of Sudha literary circle called, Sudha Mandal.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nijhawan|first=Shobna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iOF1DwAAQBAJ&q=Ram+Narayan+Yadvendu&pg=PT107|title=Hindi Publishing in Colonial Lucknow: Gender, Genre, and Visuality in the Creation of a Literary 'Canon'|date=10 September 2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-909582-7|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:1909 births]]
[[Category:1951 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian writers]]

Ramnarayan Yadavendu - Revision history

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