Rameshwar Singh Kashyap
{{short description|Bhojpuri playwright and professor (1927–1992)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|08|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sasaram, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
| death_date= {{death date and age|1992|10|20|1927|08|16|df=y}}
| occupation = *Professor (Patna University)
- Author
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| notableworks = *Loha Singh
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Rameshwar Singh Kashyap (16 August 1927 – 20 October 1992) was a Bhojpuri playwright, screenwriter and professor of Hindi at Patna University.{{Cite book|last=Garanji|first=Shiv|title=History, Religion and Culture of India, Volume 4|year=2004|publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=8182050634}}{{Cite book |last=Mocktime Publication |title=Bihar GK General Knowledge for BPSC & BPSC Exams |publisher=DIGITAL PRESS}} He is best known for his Bhojpuri play Loha Singh which was gained immense popularity on Radio in 1970s.{{Cite book|last=Pradhan|first=Bharthi|title=Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha Biography|publisher=Om Books International|year=2016|isbn=978-9385609596}} He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991.{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014)|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|date=21 May 2014|access-date=22 March 2016|pages=94–117|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220252/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|archive-date=14 September 2017|url-status=dead}}
Life
= Early life and education =
Kashyap was born in 1927 in Semra, a village in Sasaram of Bihar.{{Cite web|title='अरे ओ खदेरन को मदर, जब हम काबुल का मोर्चा में था नु...,' लोहा सिंह के भूलाईल त नईखी|url=http://www.thebhojpuri.com/story/1051054_loha-singh-a-character-which-is-beyond-history.html|date=12 August 2018|website=The Bhojpuri}} His father, Rai Bahadur Janaki DSP in British Government and his mother was Ramasakhi Devi. He started in early education in Navgachia in Munger district of Bihar and also completed his Matriculation from Munger Town school.{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Durgashankar Prasad|title=Bhojpuri ke kavi aur kavya|publisher=Kalika press|year=|isbn=|location=Patna|pages=256}} He completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1948 and Master of Arts in 1950 from Patna University and later became the professor of Hindi at B.N. College in Patna University, later he became professor of a college in Arrah and also retired from there.{{Cite book|last=Tiwari|first=Arjun|title=Bhojpuri Shaitya Ke Itihas|publisher=Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan|year=2014}}
= Career =
His career as a writer started in 1942, his first Hindi composition was published in monthly journal Kishor in Patna. Later he got popularity for his writing like Bhojpuri play Loha Singh. In 1960s his Bhojpuri short story Machhri was published in the April edition of weekly journal Anjor.{{Cite book|last=Hussain|first=Taiyab|title=Bhojpuri Sahitya ke Sankshipt Ruprekha|publisher=Shabd Sansaar|year=2004|isbn=|location=Patna|pages=20}} In 1991 he was honoured with Padma Shree award.
= Death =
Filmography
- He starred as Loha Singh in the movie Loha Singh based on his play.{{Cite book|last=Ghosh|first=Avijit|title=Cinema Bhojpuri|publisher=Penguin UK|year=2010|isbn=978-8184752564}}
Works
- Loha Singh
- Tasalwā Tor ki Mor
- Nilkantha Nirala
- Prabhat Varnan (Poem)
- Machhari (Short Story)
- Bhauji Se Bhent (Play)
Awards
- Padma Shri, in 1991 in the field of literature.