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Shrikant Verma was born in Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh. His primary education was arranged in Bilaspur itself. After acquiring MA in Hindi from Nagpur University in 1956 he embarked on the literary journey as a journalist. He remained associated with magazines like Shramik, Kriti, Dinman and Varnika and others. The Government of Madhya Pradesh honored him…
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Bhartendu Harishchandra was born in Kashi. His personality was an embodiment of patriotism and revolution oriented. In the very childhood, he had realized the misery and abysmal condition of the country. Bhartendu Harishchandra was an unequalled hero of the renaissance consciousness. He had a special association with Ishwarchandra Viddhasagar, a prominent figure and the famous…
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Harivansh Rai Bacchan is a well known name in India and abroad in reference to Hindi Literature and Bacchan Family. Born 1997 in Allahabad, he has contributed memorable and highly acclaimed literary works to the Hindi literature. Madhushala (1935) Madhubala (1938), Madhukalash (1938) Nisha Nimantran, Ekant Sangeet, Akul – Antar, Milanyamini, Satrangini, Arti and Anagre,…
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Khanzada Mirza Khan Abdul Rahim (17 December 1556 – 1 October 1627) was one of Navaratnas in the court of Akbar. He is popularly known as Rahim. His title was Khan-i-Khanan. Besides being an illustrated poet of Hindi, he was a general, administrator, patron, donor, diplomat, polyglots, art lover as well as a scholar. I…
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The toy-man (Khilaunewala) is poem written by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, who is a household name in India for her famous poems and freedom movement. Her poem on Laxmibai, the queen of Jhansi is one of the most recited and admired poems in Hindi literature. Subhadra Kumari Chauhan has also authored some fascinating short stories. The…
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Abandoned by her mother at 4, married off at 12 to an abusive husband, a mother herself at 13 — there is little in Baby Halder’s traumatic childhood to suggest that she would become an emerging star on India’s literary horizon. A single parent at 25, struggling to feed her three children by working as…
