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| birth_date = 5 march 1906<br />
| birth_place = [[Bindki]], [[Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh|Fatehpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| death_date = 1 March 1988<br />
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| occupation = Poet, freedom fighter<br />
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'''Sohan Lal Dwivedi''' (1906–1988) was an Indian poet,<ref name="Cusat">{{cite web | url=http://dyuthi.cusat.ac.in/xmlui/handle/purl/1286 | title=Cusat | publisher=Cochin University of Science and Technology | date=1988 | accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> [[Gandhian]] and freedom fighter,<ref name="TOI">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/No-one-to-hoist-name-of-flag-song-writer/articleshow/40036432.cms | title=TOI | publisher=Times of India | date=11 August 2014 | accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> 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''.<ref name="Tumhe Naman">{{cite web | url=http://geeta-kavita.com/hindi_sahitya.asp?id=173 | title=Tumhe Naman | publisher=Geeta Kavita | date=2015 | accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> Born on 22 February 1906 at [[Bindki]], a small town in [[Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh|Fatehpur]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], he secured a master's degree (MA) in Hindi and did higher studies in Sanskrit.<ref name="Anubhuti">{{cite web | url=http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/gauravgram/sld/ | title=Anubhuti | publisher=Anubhuti | date=2015 | accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> He published several anthologies<ref name="Geeta Kavita list">{{cite web | url=http://www.geeta-kavita.com/indian_poetry_list.asp?author=Sohanlal_Dwivedi | title=Geeta Kavita list | publisher=Geeta Kavita | date=2015 | accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> like ''Bhairavi'', ''Pooja Geet'', ''Prabhati'', ''Yugadhar'', ''Kunal'', ''Chetna'' and ''Basuri''.<ref name="Anubhuti" /> ''Hum Balveer''<ref name="Hum Balveer">{{cite book | title=Hum Balveer | publisher=Rajpal and Sons | author=Sohan Lal Dwivedi | isbn=978-8170286196}}</ref> and ''Andheri Raath''<ref name="Andheri Nagri">{{cite book | title=Andheri Nagri | publisher=Rajpal and Sons | author=Sohan Lal Dwivedi | year=2011 | isbn=978-8170286202}}</ref> are two of his other notable works.<br />
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He was deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and in the following lines he described Gandhiji's popularity.<br />
चल पड़े जिधर दो डगमग में, चल पड़े कोटि पग उसी ओर।<br />
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Dwivedi died in [[Kanpur]] on 1 March 1988 at the age of 82. Considered as a national poet,<ref name="Anubhuti" /> he was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1970 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref><br />
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Presently his granddaughter Ms. Akanksha Dwivedi <ref>https://www.facebook.com/PoetAkanskha/</ref> working to promote his literature through social media and kavi sammelan.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Indian freedom movement]]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://www.drrajendrasinghvi.blogspot.in/2012/02/blog-post_10.html | title=Poems of Sohal Lal Dwivedi - A Nationalistic Perspective | work=Rajendra Singhvi | accessdate=22 May 2015 | author=Rajendra Singhvi}}<br />
* {{cite journal | url=http://www.deshbandhu.co.in/newsdetail/2529/3/0#.VV7_o_mSxAA | title=Gandhi in Sohan Lal Dwivedi's Poems | author=Paramanand Panchal | journal=Deshbandhu |date=October 2010 }}<br />
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