Shardha Ram Phillauri
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Shardha Ram Phillauri is almost unknown, although his composition Jai Jagdish Hare is recited every day by millions of Hindus throughout India and everywhere in the world.
He is also regarded to be the first novelist of the Hindi language. having written Bhagyavati, published in 1888.
Pandit Shardha Ram Phillauri was born in a Brahmin family at Phillaur, Punjab in 1837. He was a dedicated scholar and proponent of traditional Hinduism Sanatana dharma. He studied Hindi, Sanskrit, Persian, astrology and music. He died in 1881 at Lahore.
