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'''''Rangbhoomi: The Arena of Life''''' is a [[Hindi language]] novel by [[Premchand]]. The novel features an idealist [[protagonist]] inspired by [[Gandhian]] values.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Datta |editor1-first=Amaresh |editor1-link=Amaresh Datta |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti |year=1988 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |isbn=978-81-260-1194-0 |page=1354 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_of_Indian_Literature/zB4n3MVozbUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1354&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>
'''''Rangbhoomi: The Arena of Life''''' is a [[Hindi language]] novel by [[Premchand]]. The novel features an idealist [[protagonist]] inspired by [[Gandhian]] values.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Datta |editor1-first=Amaresh |editor1-link=Amaresh Datta |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti |year=1988 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |isbn=978-81-260-1194-0 |page=1354 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_of_Indian_Literature/zB4n3MVozbUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1354&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>
 
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Set in [[colonial India]], the novel presents a grim account of a blind beggar, Soordas, against the acquisition of his ancestral land. The theme of the oppression of working classes is typical as in other Premchand works.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vasudeva |first1=Uma |authorlink=Uma Vasudeva |title=Classic retold |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110522/spectrum/book2.htm |work=[[The Tribune]] |accessdate=2 October 2020 |date=22 May 2011}}</ref> Among Premchand's works, Soordas is the character with the most significant Gandhian influence. He is simple and fearless, and personifies the protest against [[industrialisation]] in his village, consistent with the Gandhian views on industrialisation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Das |first1=Sisir Kumar |authorlink=Sisir Kumar Das |title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy |date=2005 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-7201-798-9 |pages=79–80 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/History_of_Indian_Literature_1911_1956_s/sqBjpV9OzcsC?hl=en&gbpv=1}}</ref>  
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Set in [[colonial India]], the novel presents a grim account of a blind beggar, Soordas, against the acquisition of his ancestral land. The theme of the oppression of working classes is typical as in other Premchand works.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vasudeva |first1=Uma |authorlink=Uma Vasudeva |title=Classic retold |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110522/spectrum/book2.htm |work=[[The Tribune]] |accessdate=2 October 2020 |date=22 May 2011}}</ref> Among Premchand's works, Soordas is the character with the most significant Gandhian influence. He is simple and fearless, and personifies the protest against [[industrialisation]] in his village, consistent with the Gandhian views on industrialisation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Das |first1=Sisir Kumar |authorlink=Sisir Kumar Das |title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy |date=2005 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-7201-798-9 |pages=79–80 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/History_of_Indian_Literature_1911_1956_s/sqBjpV9OzcsC?hl=en&gbpv=1}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal|last=Joshi|first=P.C.|date=2005|title=The Subaltern in Indian Literature: Some Reflections on Premchand and his "Godaan"|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23346637|journal=Indian Literature|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|volume=49|issue=2 (226)|pages=101–118|issn=0019-5804|via=JSTOR}}
*{{Cite journal|last=Chandra|first=Sudhir|date=1981|title=Premchand: A Historiographic View|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4369701|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=16|issue=15|pages=669–675|issn=0012-9976|via=JSTOR}}


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Rangbhoomi: The Arena of Life is a Hindi language novel by Premchand. The novel features an idealist protagonist inspired by Gandhian values.[1]

Rangbhoomi
File:Premchand 1980 stamp of India.jpg
Premchand, the author of Rangbhoomi
AuthorMunshi Premchand
Original titleRangbhoomi
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Published1924
PublisherDarul Ishat
Media typeNovel
ISBN9788122205329

Set in colonial India, the novel presents a grim account of a blind beggar, Soordas, against the acquisition of his ancestral land. The theme of the oppression of working classes is typical as in other Premchand works.[2] Among Premchand's works, Soordas is the character with the most significant Gandhian influence. He is simple and fearless, and personifies the protest against industrialisation in his village, consistent with the Gandhian views on industrialisation.[3]

References

Further reading

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