AstroTwinzUpendranath Ashk is a writer, playwright born in Jalandhar (British Raj).
Upendranath Sharma "Ashk", (14 December 1910 – 19 January 1996) was an Indian novelist, short story writer and playwright. He was born in Jalandhar, Punjab. In 1933 he wrote his second short story collection in Urdu called Aurat Ki Fitrat, the foreword of which was written by Munshi Premchand. Ashk began his literary career writing in Urdu but he switched to Hindi on the advice of Munshi Premchand. He joined All India Radio in 1941 where Krishan Chander, Patras Bokhari and Saadat Hasan Manto were among his colleagues. He settled in Allahabad in the late 1940s. He was the first Hindi dramatist to receive the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for playwriting in 1965.
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| Born | 14 December 1910, Jalandhar |
| Profession | writer, playwright |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Aries |
| Nakshatra | Krittika (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Pisces |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 22 of them (7%) have the Moon in Aries, like Upendranath Ashk, and 10 (3%) share the Krittika Nakshatra — the #17 most common Moon Nakshatra among writers and poets, where Shravana leads with 18 (6%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Upendranath Ashk was born on 14 December 1910 in Jalandhar. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Upendranath Ashk's Moon sign (Rashi) is Aries and the Nakshatra is Krittika, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Upendranath Ashk's Ascendant is Pisces, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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