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Pen names have had a certain place of their own in the world of writing. Pen names are something which every writer comes across at some time in their careers.

Indian author to use a pen name Bhanu Simha is Rabindranath Tagore. He also has Gurudev, Kabiguru as his pen names.

A pen name is nothing but a nick name used by the writer when publishing books instead of using their real names. 

Kamala Kanta was the pen name of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee who lived from 1838 - 1894. He was a Bengali author, poet who wrote Indian national anthem Vandemataram.

Florence Nightingale is known as the Lady with the Lamp. She got the name 'The Lady with the Lamp' because she would visit soldiers at night with a small lantern in her hand.

Abraham Lincolon was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.