Ghananand
Sign in to saveGhananand was an Indian poet who served as a chief scribe in the Mughal court during the reign of Muhhamad Shah. He was the leading poet of the Reeti Era and mainly composed his poems in Brajbhasa. He composed around forty works.
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- poet
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- Hindi literature
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- date of birth
- 1673-00-00
- date of death
- 1760-00-00
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Ghananand was an Indian poet who served as a chief scribe in the Mughal court during the reign of Muhhamad Shah. He was the leading poet of the Reeti Era and mainly composed his poems in Brajbhasa. He composed around forty works.
==Life == He belonged to the Kayastha caste and spent his early life around Delhi. He was a mir munshi (chief scribe) in the Mughal court during the reign of Muhammad Shah.
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