Dr Maithilisharan Gupt (3 August 1886 – 12 December 1964 He is considered one among the pioneers of Khari Boli (plain dialect) poetry and wrote in Khari Boli dialect, He was a recipient of the third highest (then second highest) Indian civilian honour of Padma Bhushan. For his book Bharat-Bharati (1912), widely quoted during India's freedom struggle, he was given the title of Rashtra Kavi

His family now runs the RMSG Group of Institutions in Chirgaon, promoting his ideals of empowering education, especially among girls.

Early life

He was born in Chirgaon, Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh in the Kankane clan of the Gahoi Bania community in a family that was once a wealthy zamindar family, but the wealth was lost by the time he was born. His father's name was Seth Ramcharan Gupta

Literary works

Gupt entered the world of Hindi literature by writing poems in various magazines, including Saraswati. In 1909, his first major work, Rang mein Bhang was published by Indian Press. With Bharat Bharati, his nationalist poems became popular among Indians, who were struggling for independence. Most of his poems revolve around plots from Ramayana,

See also

  • List of Hindi-language poets

References

  • Maithili Sharan Gupt at Kavita Kosh
  • Three poems of the poet from Bharat Bharati are available for readers at www.geeta-kavita.com