Makhanlal Chaturvedi

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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 = [[Hoshangabad District|Babai]], [[Central Provinces]], [[British 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]]<br/>1963: [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}

'''Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi''' (4 April 1889 – 30 January 1968), also called '''Pandit ji''', was an [[India]]n [[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 Taringini'' in 1955.<ref>[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.</ref> The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1963.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{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://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Chaturvedi was born in a Babai village of [[Hoshangabad district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] on 4 April 1889. He became a schoolteacher when he was aged 16.<ref>[http://khandwa.nic.in/persons.htm Personalities Of District] PANDIT MAKHANLAL CHATURVEDI at Official website of [[Khandwa district]].</ref><ref>[http://www.shayeri.net/gpoet/makhanlal/1.html Profile] www.shayeri.net.</ref> Later, he was the editor of the nationalist journals ''Prabha'', Pratap and ''Karmaveer'', and was repeatedly incarcerated during the [[British Raj]].<ref name=makan/> 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'' ({{lang-hi|हिम कीर्तिनी}}), ''Him Tarangini'' ({{lang-hi|हिम तरंगिणी}}), ''Yug Charan'' ({{lang-hi|युग चरण}}), and ''Sahitya Devata'' ({{lang-hi|साहित्य देवता}}), and his most noted poems are ''Venu Lo Gunje Dhara'' ({{lang-hi|वेणु लो गू़ँजे धरा}}), ''Deep Se Deep Jale'' ({{lang-hi|दीप से दीप जले}}), ''Kaisa Chhand Banaa Deti hai'' ({{lang-hi|कैसा छन्द बना देती है}}) and ''Pushp ki Abhilaashaa'' ({{lang-hi|पुष्प की अभिलाषा}}).<ref>[http://www.shayeri.net/gpoet/makhanlal.html Poems by Makhanlal]</ref>

==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.<ref>[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.</ref>

The Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya at [[Bhopal]] in Madhya Pradesh has been named in his honour.<ref name=makan>[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]].</ref><ref>[http://presscouncil.nic.in/speech12.htm Foundation day speech] G.N. Ray, Official website of [[Press Council of India]].</ref>

==See also==
* [[Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kavitakosh.org/kk/index.php?title=%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]
* [http://manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/pushp_kee_abhilaashaa1.stm ''Pushp ki Abhilasha'', famous poem by Makhan Lal Chaturvedi]
* [https://www.anhadkriti.com/creator.php?knum=496 ''अनहद कृति ई-पत्रिका में, साहित्य गौरव 'एक भारतीय आत्मा' : माखन लाल चतुर्वेदी (जीवन परिचय एवं कुछ रचनाएं) '', Makhan Lal Chaturvedi in Anhadkriti]

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