Munshi Premchand was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindi-Urdu literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers from India. Born Dhanpat Rai, he began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand". His works include more than a dozen novels, around 250 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi. Shatranj Ke Khiladi (à ¤¶à ¤¤à ¤°à ¤‚à ¤œ à ¤•à ¥‡ à ¤–à ¤¿à ¤²à ¤¾à ¥œà ¥€) is a story of two nawabs of Lucknow who are so deeply immersed into playing chess that they forget to protect their city which falls into the hand of the British. (Note: This story is in Hindi language and is rendered for Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle for iPhone and Ipad and all Kindle devices released after Kindle DX).