What are the contributions of Premchand??

Contributions made by Munshi Premchand to Indian literature are immense. He contributed to Indian literature in the following ways:

• He wrote about 12 famous novels and more than 250 short stories. He thus enriched the Urdu and the Hindi literature.
• His novel 'sewasadan' was an important landmark in the Hindi literature as it began a new era of literature that was focused on the plight of poor people, caste indiscrimination and social reforms.
• He by his novels and short stories threw light on the plight of the Indian women and supported various social reform movements like female education, widow remarriage etc.
• In around 1920's inspired by the non cooperation movement, he wrote several stories highlighting the need of young men to join the Indian national movement.
• He used the literature to create awareness about other social issues like prostitution, poverty, feudalism, dowry system etc.
• Premchand thus by the use of simple language and lucid style of writing influenced and enriched the Hindi literature.