Surendra Dubey

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| native_name = सुरेंद्र दुबे

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|08|08|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bemetara, Madhya Pradesh, India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|06|26|1953|08|08|df=y}}

| death_place = Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

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| occupation = Poet
Ayurvedic practitioner

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| honours = Padma Shri (2010)
Chhattisgarh Ratna Award

| awards = Hasya Ratna Award (2008)
Hasya Shiromani Award (2019)

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Surendra Dubey (8 August 1953 – 26 June 2025) was an Indian poet, writer and politician of comic poems.{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-surendra-dubey-gets-kaka-hathrasi-award-1312391 | title=DNA India | publisher=DNA India | date=2008 | access-date=December 21, 2014}} An ayurvedic physician by profession, Dubey was born on 8 August 1953 at Bemetra, Durg, in then non–divided state of Madhya Pradesh.{{cite web | url=http://www.surendradubehasyakavi.com/about.html | title=Home | publisher=Home | date=2014 | access-date=December 21, 2014 | archive-date=March 15, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315080812/http://www.surendradubehasyakavi.com/about.html | url-status=dead }} He authored five books{{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-21567 | title=Mithak Manthan | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Surendra Dubey | year=2003 | pages=189}}{{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-09980 | title=Do Panv Ka Admi | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Surendra Dubey | year=2008 | pages=160}}{{cite book | url=http://www.99bookstore.com/sawal-hi-sawal-hai-hindi-dr-surender-dubey-diamond-pocket-books-pvt-limited-9788128836992.html | title=Sawal Hi Sawal Hai | publisher=Diamond Pocket Books | author=Surendra Dubey | pages=152 | isbn=9788128836992}} and appeared on several stage{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-GlBKkrka0 | title=YouTube | publisher=Mushaira Kavi Sammelan India | date=May 31, 2014 | access-date=December 21, 2014}} and television shows.{{cite web | url=http://www.sonyliv.com/watch/comedy-kavi-surendra-dubey-presents-a-spoof-on-lal | title=Sony TV | publisher=Sony TV | date=2012 | access-date=December 21, 2014 | archive-date=September 14, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914081740/http://www.sonyliv.com/watch/comedy-kavi-surendra-dubey-presents-a-spoof-on-lal | url-status=dead }} In 2010, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award.{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2014 | access-date=November 11, 2014}} He was also a recipient of the Hasya Ratna Award from Kaka Hathsri in 2008. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2018 in the presence of Amit Shah. He died on 26 June 2025 due to heart attack in Raipur.

Early life & education

Surendra Dubey was born on 8 January 1953 in Bemetara, Durg district, then part of Madhya Pradesh (now in Chhattisgarh), India. He trained and worked professionally as an Ayurvedic physician before rising to fame as a poet and humourist.

Literary career

Dubey became known for his hasya-kavita (comic and satirical poetry), performing at numerous stage shows and appearing on television. He authored five books blending humour with social commentary, like during the COVID‑19 pandemic, his poem encouraging laughter—and thus immunity—went viral, offering hope in tough times.

Awards and recognition

The Padma Shri was awarded to him by the Government of India in 2010 for his contributions to literature. Likewise, the Hasya Ratna Award from Kaka Hathrasi was awarded to him in 2008. Additional literary honours included the Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Award (2012), and a D.Litt degree from Rawatpura Sarkar University, validating his scholarly impact.

Personal life

An Ayurvedic practitioner by training, Dubey balanced medicine and verse throughout his life.

In early January 2018, a death hoax circulated on social media claiming he had died, mistaking him for another poet. Dubey himself laughed off the rumours, clarifying he was alive and well.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

Political career

Although supportive of the Bharatiya Janata Party for years through his public performances, Dubey officially joined the party only in September 2018 in a ceremony attended by then Party President Amit Shah and CM Raman Singh at Raipur ahead of the 2018 elections. His stature as a respected cultural figure was seen as a strategic asset to the party, bridging social divides and uplifting Chhattisgarhi identity.

Death

On 26 June 2025, at the age of 71, Dubey died from a heart attack at the Advanced Cardiac Institute in Raipur.{{Cite news |title=Famous poet-satirist Surendra Dubey dies in Raipur at 72, CM Sai expresses grief|date=2025-06-26|url=https://www.ptinews.com/story/national/famous-poet-satirist-surendra-dubey-dies-in-raipur-at-72-cm-sai-expresses-grief/2677805 |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=PTI News |language=en}} His last rites was done at Marwadi Shamshan Ghat of Raipur attended by several personalities like Kumar Vishwas, Vijay Sharma, Raman Singh, Santosh Pandey.

References

External links

{{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/padma-awards-2010/haobam-ongbi-ngangbi-devi/slideshow/5771428.cms | title=Economic Times | publisher=Economic Times | date=2010 | access-date=December 18, 2014}}

Category:1953 births

Category:2025 deaths

Category:20th-century Indian poets

Category:21st-century Indian poets

Category:People from Bemetara district

Category:Poets from Chhattisgarh

Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature and education