Roshanlal Surirwala

Who is Roshanlal Surirwala?

Roshanlal Surirwala was one of the top vyangkar of Hindi literature. He was born on 10 January 1931 in Surir, Mathura District. He came from a lower-middle-class family. To get educated he moved to Aligarh. where he completed his masters degree in Hindi Literature from Aligarh Muslim University and Diploma in Library Sc. from Benaras Hindu University. He worked as Library Head in Aligarh's Shree Varshney Mahavidyalaya till his retirement. He died in 2009 in Aligharh. His wife lives with his two sons and their family. Roshanlal Surirwal's early life was very difficult. His first wife died within one year of his marriage. He remarried again but refused to take dowry, which was a very bold move at that time. His early influence was his maternal uncle Pyarelal Vrishni, who was a novel writer and editor of a community magazine Barahseni published from Aligarh. Surirwala's first article published in Barahseni, when he was only 19 years old. Later on he edited the same magazine thrice in his lifetime. later on he also edited Barahsaini Sandesh and Baniki, two magazines published from Aligarh. Surirwala wrote many books like..