Literature is a black and white documentry of human life with all its attractions and repulsions. Politics has always been a prominent aspect and an inseparable part of human history. The impact of politics can be explored both explicitly and implicitly from the literary sphere. A literary figure cannot keep him self alienated and aloof from the politics of his age. Thus, literature mirrors the political concerns of its age. The article aims at tracing the relationship between literature and politics.

Munshi Prem Chand was well acquanted with the politics of sub-continent. Indians had started the movement to liberate their colonised country at the end of 18th century. The literary pieces of Munshi Prem Chand expose the deprivations of politically oppressed segments of society. The novels portary the conflict between the landowners and the serfs, the industrialists and the workers. The article attempts to explore the political discussions prevalent in his novels like Gosha-e-Aafiat, Nirmila, Ghaban, Gowdan and Maydan-e-Amal.