Sohan Lal Dwivedi
Sohan Lal Dwivedi (22 February 1906 – 1 March 1988) was an Indian poet, Gandhian and freedom fighter, known for his patriotic poems such as Tumhe Naman, a poem on Mahatma Gandhi, Ali Racho Chand, Khadi Geet, Giriraj, Nayanon ki Resham Dori se, Mathrubhumi, Prakriti Sandesh, Jay Rashtra Nishan, Re Man, Vandana and Himalay. Sohan Lal Dwivedi was born on 22 February 1906 at Bindki, a small town in Fatehpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, he secured a master's degree (MA) in Hindi and did higher studies in Sanskrit. He published several anthologies like Bhairavi, Pooja Geet, Prabhati, Yugadhar, Kunal, Chetna and Basuri.
Sohan Lal Dwivedi
- Name
- Sohan Lal Dwivedi
- Born
- 22 February 1906
- Birthplace
- Bindki, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Died
- 1 March 1988 22 February 1906
- Occupation
- Poet, freedom fighter
- Awards
- Padma Shri
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
- Honours
- Padma Shri in literature and education
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Hum Balveer and Andheri Raath are two of his other notable works. He was deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and in the following lines he described Gandhiji's popularity. चल पड़े जिधर दो डगमग में, चल पड़े कोटि पग उसी ओर। Dwivedi died in Kanpur on 1 March 1988 at the age of 82. Considered as a national poet, he was honoured by the Government of India in 1970 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
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• Name — Sohan Lal Dwivedi • Born — 22 February 1906 • Birthplace — Bindki, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India • Died — 1 March 1988 22 February 1906 • Occupation — Poet, freedom fighter • Awards — Padma Shri
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- 1.S, Jalaja. Cusat. Cochin University of Science and Technology. 1988.
- 2.No one to hoist name of flag song writer. The Times of India. 11 August 2014.
- 3.Geeta Kavita. Tumhe Naman. 2015.
- 4.Geeta Kavita. Geeta Kavita list. 2015.
- 5.Anubhuti. 2015.
- 6.Sohan Lal Dwivedi. Hum Balveer. Rajpal and Sons. 978-8170286196.
- 7.Sohan Lal Dwivedi. Andheri Nagri. Rajpal and Sons. 2011. 978-8170286202.
- 8.Padma Shri. 2015.
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