Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. From Wikipedia
Observed annually on January 10, the day commemorates the first World Hindi Conference in 1975 and promotes Hindi's cultural and literary impact worldwide.
