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 | | To distingush themselves from the general masses, the learned Muslims used to write in Urdu (infested with Persian and Arabic vocabulary), while Khadiboli became prominent among educated Hindus. |
 | | Khadiboli with heavily Sanskritized vocabulary or Sahityik Hindi (Literary Hindi) was popularized by the writings of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Bhartendu Harishchandra and others. |
 | | Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1964) was a pioneer of Khadiboli poetry and the author of the epic Saket in modern Hindi literature. |
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