 The person who brought realism in the Hindi prose literature was Munshi Premchand, who is considered as the most revered figure in the world of Hindi fiction and progressive movement.Literary, or "Sāhityik", Hindi was popularised by the writings of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Bhartendu Harishchandra and others.The rising numbers of newspapers and magazines made Hindustani popular with the educated people.