Makhanlal Chaturvedi
{{Short description|Indian writer (1889–1968)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi
| image = Makhanlal Chaturvedi 1977 stamp of India.jpg
| imagesize =
| alt = Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1889|4|4}}
| birth_place = Babai, Central Provinces, British India
{{small|(present-day Makhan Nagar, Madhya Pradesh, India)}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1968|1|30|1889|4|4}}
| death_place = Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
| occupation = Writer, Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Journalist
| nationality = Indian
| period = Chhayavaad
| subject = Hindi
| awards = 1955: Sahitya Akademi Award
1963: 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.[http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10306.htm#hindi Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704045555/http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10306.htm |date=4 July 2007 }} Sahitya Akademi Award Official website. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1963.{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }} For his works reinforcing Indian nationalism during the British Raj, he is referred to as the Yug Charan.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7k6CGhB2d4UC |title=Rashtravadi Chintak - Makhanlal Chaturvedi |quote=बाद की जिन्दगी में कविता के रूप में हर क्षण अंग्रेजों के खिलाफ शोला उगलता कवि स्वतंत्रता संग्राम का बलिदानी सिपाही बन जाता है। युग चारण बनकर उसका मानव जाति को हुंकारना सिर्फ भारत के लिए ही नहीं है बल्कि पूरे एशिया और यहाँ तक कि पूरे विश्व को जगाने की हुंकार है ।}}
Early life
Chaturvedi was born in a Gaur Brahmin family of babai gav (Makhan Puram) village of Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh on 4 April 1889. He became a schoolteacher when he was aged 16.[http://khandwa.nic.in/persons.htm Personalities Of District] PANDIT MAKHANLAL CHATURVEDI at Official website of Khandwa district.[http://www.shayeri.net/gpoet/makhanlal/1.html Profile]www.shayeri.net. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015205922/http://shayeri.net/gpoet/makhanlal/1.html |date=15 October 2007 }}{{Cite book |last=शर्मा |first=कृष्णदेव |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=490KAAAAMAAJ&q=Makhanlal+Chaturvedi+Gaur+brahmin |title=माखनलाल चतुर्वेदी: व्यक्तित्व एवं कृतित्व |date=1979 |publisher=Vinoda Pustaka Mandira |language=hi}} Later, he was the editor of the nationalist journals Prabha, Pratap and Karmaveer, and was repeatedly incarcerated during the British Raj. After the Indian independence, he refrained from seeking a position in the government, instead continuing to speak and write against social evils and in support of an exploitation-free, equitable society as envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
Literary career
His noted works are Him Kirtini ({{langx|hi|हिम कीर्तिनी}}), Him Tarangini ({{langx|hi|हिम तरंगिणी}}), Yug Charan ({{langx|hi|युग चारण}}), and Sahitya Devata ({{langx|hi|साहित्य देवता}}), and his most noted poems are Venu Lo Gunje Dhara ({{langx|hi|वेणु लो गू़ँजे धरा}}), Deep Se Deep Jale ({{langx|hi|दीप से दीप जले}}), Kaisa Chhand Banaa Deti hai ({{langx|hi|कैसा छन्द बना देती है}}), Agnipath and Pushp ki Abhilaashaa ({{langx|hi|पुष्प की अभिलाषा}}).{{Cite web |url=http://www.shayeri.net/gpoet/makhanlal.html |title=Poems by Makhanlal |access-date=21 April 2008 |archive-date=2 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702182026/http://www.shayeri.net/gpoet/makhanlal.html |url-status=dead }}
Legacy
In his memory, the Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Akademi (Madhya Pradesh Cultural Council) organizes the annual Makhanlal Chaturvedi Samaroh, since 1987, besides awarding the annual Makhanlal Chaturvedi Puraskar for excellence in poetry by an Indian poet.[http://www.mpculture.in/html/sahitya-academy.asp Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016144716/http://mpculture.in/html/sahitya-academy.asp |date=16 October 2007 }} Department of Culture, Madhya Pradesh Government website.
The Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh has been named in his honour.[http://www.mcu.ac.in/Pt_%20Makhanlalji.htm About Pt. Makhanlal Chaturvedi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011085357/http://mcu.ac.in/Pt_%20Makhanlalji.htm |date=11 October 2007 }} Official website of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism.[http://presscouncil.nic.in/speech12.htm Foundation day speech] G.N. Ray, official website of Press Council of India.
See also
References
External links
- [http://kavitakosh.org/kk/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80 Makhanlal Chaturvedi at Kavita Kosh] (Hindi)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050414221532/http://sbc.ac.in/mc.htm]
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