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Dr. Vrindavan Lal Verma, the celebrated litterateur of Hindi was born on January 9, 1889 in Mauranipur (Jhansi). Histroy was his first love from his early childhood. Despite his different pursuits to make a living, he continued to take abiding interest in the study and writing of literature. He has as many as 70 published books to his credit and many of his literary works are yet to be published. Though he contributed to Hindi literature through his writings in almost all streams of literature viz. novels, stories, plays, one-act plays, biographies, etc., he was at his best as a historical novelist. It is generally said that in a historical novel, either the History or the novel itself is the casualty. But Dr. Verma belied this belief. In his historical novels, all the elements of history and novel have remained vibrant and unimpaired. His all-time famous novels Jhansi Ki Rani, Mrignayani, Garh Kundar, Kachnar, Virata Ki Padmini, Toote Kante, Madhavji Scindia, etc. are part of the invaluable treasure of Hindi literature. A good number of his novels have been translated not only in the main regional languages of India but also in Russian, English, Czech, Spanish, German and Chinese languages. Two of his novels, namely Jhansi Ki Rani and Mrignayni have already been serialised on TV and films have also been made. Dr. Verma’s style of writing was so lucid and engrossing that it took the readers to a rapturous height and he is appropriately called ‘Sir Walter Scott’ of Hindi literature. His literary services won him numerous awards and degrees. He has been honoured with ‘Padma Bhushan’ and the Agra University conferred on him the honorary degree of D.Lit. Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag adorned him with the title of ‘Sahitya Vachaspati’. He was also honoured with several other prestigious awards such as ‘Soviet Land Nehru Puraskar’. The President released a postal stamp in Dr. Verma’s honour on 9th January, 1997. This titan of Hindi literature breathed his last on 23rd February, 1969 in Jhansi.