# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gian-chand-jain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:18:28.431Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gian-chand-jain"
name: "Gian Chand Jain"
slug: "gian-chand-jain"
description: "Gyan Chand Jain was an Indian writer and scholar of Urdu literature. Born in 1923 at Seohara of Bijnore district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Jain was known for his scholarship on Ghalib literature. He authored several books including Aik Bhasha: Do Likhawat, Do Adab and Urdu Ki Nasri Dastanain, the latter considered by many as his masterpiece."
tagline: "Urdu author"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1923"
deathDate: "2007"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.870302666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ਗਿਆਨਚੰਦ ਜੈਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyan_Chand_Jain"
    title: "Gyan Chand Jain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9E%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "ज्ञानचंद जैन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "گیان چند جین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "گیان چند جین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyan_Chand_Jain"
    title: "Gyan Chand Jain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18926918"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump