Rahul Sankrityayan
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Rahul Sankrityayan was an Indian author, essayist, playwright, historian, scholar of Buddhism who wrote in Hindi and Bhojpuri. Known as "father of Hindi travel literature", Sankrityayan played a pivotal role in giving Hindi travelogue a literary form. He was one of the most widely travelled scholars of India, spending forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home in locations like Russia, Tibet, China, Central Asia, etc.
Bust of Sankrityayan in Darjeeling
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Rahul's Tombstone at Darjeeling.[citation needed] This tombstone is established at a place called "Murda Haati" which is a cremation ground downtown in the lower altitudes of Darjeeling around 25 minutes drive from the ChowRasta. The same place also has the tombstone of Sister Nivedita.
Sankrityayan on a 1993 stamp of India
Rahul Nivas in September 2015
Azamgarh district
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Azamgarh district is one of the three districts of Azamgarh division in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Jamiatul Ashrafia in Azamgarh