Makhanlal Chaturvedi
1889
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1968
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: India, British Raj, Dominion of India
languages spoken, written or signed: Hindi
occupation: journalist, poet, writer
award received: Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Bhushan
Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi (4 April 1889 – 30 January 1968), also called Pandit ji, was an Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist who is particularly remembered for his participation in India's national struggle for independence and his contribution to Chhayavaad, the Neo-romanticism movement of Hindi literature. He was awarded the first Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi for his work Him Tarangini in 1955. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1963. For his works reinforcing Indian nationalism during the British Raj, he is referred to as the Yug Charan. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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