Gyan Chand Jain (1923-2007) was an Indian writer and scholar of Urdu literature.
[1] Born in 1923 at Seohara of Bijnore district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Jain was known for his scholarship on Ghalib literature.
[1] He authored several books including Aik Bhasha: Do Likhawat, Do Adab[2] and Urdu Ki Nasri Dastanain,[3] the latter considered by many as his masterpiece.
[4] Jain received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu in 1982.
He was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri[5] He died, aged 85, in August 2007 at Porterville, California.