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'''Gyan Chand Jain''' was an Indian writer and scholar of [[Urdu literature]].<ref name="The world of urdu poetry">{{cite web | url=https://urduindia.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/legendary-urdu-scholar-gian-chand-jain-dies/ | title=The world of urdu poetry | publisher=The world of urdu poetry | date=18 August 2007 | access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref>  Born in 1923 at [[Seohara]] of [[Bijnore district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], Jain was known for his scholarship on [[Mirza Ghalib|Ghalib]] literature.<ref name="The world of urdu poetry" /> He authored several books including ''Aik Bhasha: Do Likhawat, Do Adab''<ref name="Aik Bhasha: Do Likhawat, Do Adab">{{cite book | title=Aik Bhasha: Do Likhawat, Do Adab | date=2012 | author=Gyan Chand Jain | pages=312 | isbn=978-9695621677}}</ref> and ''Urdu Ki Nasri Dastanain'',<ref name="Urdū kī nas̲rī dāstānen̲">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eFUKAQAAIAAJ | title=Urdū kī nas̲rī dāstānen̲ | publisher=Anjaman Tarraqi-i-Urdu | date=1969 | access-date=27 January 2015 | author=Gian Chand Jain | pages=848}}</ref> the latter considered by many as his masterpiece.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite web | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1136847 | title=Dawn | publisher=Dawn | date=9 October 2014 | access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref>