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{{Infobox Person
| name = Isuri
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| birth_date = 1838
| death_date = 1909
| occupation = [[Bundeli language|Bundeli]] [[poet]]
| birth_place = Mendki, [[Mauranipur]], [[Jhansi district]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| notable_works = Over a thousand Phaag (folk songs), Chaukaria Phag
| period =
| parents = Bholanath Arjariya (father)
| other_names = Isuri Babba, Hartal Isuri, Isuri Prasad
| influenced_by =
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'''Isuri''' (1838—1909) is a [[Bundeli language|Bundeli]] poet from [[Bundelkhand]] region. He is credited with having composed over a thousand Phaag, a form of folk songs.<ref name="pio">{{cite news |title=life of poet Isuri depicted through play Hansa Ud Chal Des Birane |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/state-editions/life-of-poet-isuri-depicted-through-play-hansa-ud-chal-des-birane.html |publisher=The Pioneer |date=July 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=बुन्देली लोक का काव्यात्मक उछाह: ईसुरी |journal=ईसुरी |url=https://dhsgsu.edu.in/images/Reading-Material/Hindi/ISHURI-SM-.pdf |publisher=Bundeli Peeth, Department of Hindi, [[Dr. Hari Singh Gour University]], Sagar, Madhya Pradesh |issn=0976-5778 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Chanda Ben |author2=Rajendra Yadav |title=लोक जीवन के प्रहरी ईसुरी एवं उनका फाग काव्य |url=https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000018HI/P001545/M017652/ET/1475744614HND_P6_M-33_LokJivanKePrahariIsuriAurUnkaFaag-Kavya.pdf |publisher=Hindi Department, [[Dr. Hari Singh Gour University]] |pages=36, 37, 38, 39}}</ref>

The poetic works of Isuri have gained widespread acclaim among the people of the Bundelkhand region. His four-lined compositions, known as Chaukaria Phag, have become integral to the local folk musical tradition of the [[Bundelkhand region]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=S. Gajrani |title=History, Religion and Culture of India Volume 5 |publisher=Isha Books |isbn=9788182050648 |page=145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T02CC0ihCmcC&dq=isuri+poet&pg=PA145}}</ref>

== Life ==

Isuri was born in the village of Mendki in the present-day [[Mauranipur]] tehsil of [[Jhansi district]] in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was popularly known as Isuri Babba.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Isha Basant Joshi |author1-link=Isha Basant Joshi |title=Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jhansi |date=1965 |publisher=Department of District Gazetteers, U. P., Lucknow |page=283 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.08752/page/283/mode/2up?q=Isuri}}</ref> His full name was Hartal Isuri or Isuri Prasad. He was a contemporary of Pandit Gangadhar Vyas during the [[Bharatendu Harishchandra|Bharatendu]] era.<ref name="loksahitya"/>

Isuri's father was named Bholanath Arjariya. After losing his parents in childhood, he was raised in his maternal grandmother's house. His ancestors originated from the [[Orchha State]] and later settled in Mendki village. The house where Isuri lived still stands in Mendki village of Mauranipur tehsil.<ref name="isuri">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Dushyant |title=अपनी धरती अपने लाल : बुंदेलखंड के कबीर थे लोककवि ईसुरी, काव्य-शैली ने बनाया औरों से अलग |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/jhansi/apni-dharti-apne-lal-folk-poet-isuri-isuri-was-kabir-of-bundelkhand?pageId=1 |publisher=[[Amar Ujala]] |date=July 6, 2021 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

He chose to write about the ongoing situation, creating awareness among the people of Bundelkhand against [[British Raj|British rule]]. His romantic poetry was inspired by a girl named Rajjo or Rajau. Isuri also wrote about the culture and traditions of Bundelkhand.<ref name="pio"/> His works are recognized for their authentic representation of rural culture and beauty.<ref name="loksahitya">Lok Sahitya Evam Lok Sanskruti, Editor: Dr. Rajkumar Singh, Edition: First, 2012, Publisher: Ashish Publication, Kanpur, Page: 205, {{ISBN|978-81-89457-57-0}}.</ref>

Numerous books featuring collections of Isuri's poetry and phaag have been published by various government and literary organizations, including [[Sahitya Akademi]], Bundelkhand Sahitya Akademi, [[Adivasi Lok Kala Academy]], and Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Parishad.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Narmadā Prasāda Gupta |title=Loka-kavi Īsurī aura unakā sāhitya |date=1984 |publisher=Bundelakhaṇḍa Sāhitya Akādamī, Chatarapura}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Īsurī |author2=Aśoka Miśra |author3=Lokendra Siṃha Nāgara |title=Īsurī kā phāga sāhitya (Selected works of Īsurī, 1824-1909, Bundeli poet; text with Hindi prose translation) |date=2004 |publisher=Ādivāsī Loka Kalā Akādamī : Madhyapradeśa Saṃskr̥ti Parishad, Bhopāl}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Dayā Dīkshita |title=Phāga loka ke Īsurī : upanyāsa (Novel about the life of Īsurī, 1824-1909, Bundeli poet) |date=2020 |publisher=Saṃskaraṇa prathama |isbn=9789389220872}}</ref>

== Legend ==
In 2013, the [[Madhya Pradesh School of Drama]] (MPSD) students performed the play ''Hansa Ud Chal Des'', depicting the life of Isuri, at the Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium, Bhopal.<ref name="pio"/> A research institute, Isuri Shodh Sansthan, was established in his village Mendki, but due to government neglect, it has since been closed.<ref name="isuri"/>

Under the [[Madhya Pradesh government]], the Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academy has established the Isuri Puraskar, an annual literary award recognizing writers or poets for their noteworthy contributions to Bundeli folk poetry and literature.<ref>{{cite news |title=म.प्र. साहित्य अकादमी ने देश की 121 हस्तियों को किया सम्मानित |url=https://www.samachar4media.com/media-forum-news/mp-sahitya-akademi-awarded-121-celebrities-of-the-country-at-the-decoration-ceremony-in-bhopal-60690.html |work=Samachar4media.com |date=July 27, 2023 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://readerblogs.navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/Samvaad-village/isuri-holi-in-bundelkhand/ बुन्देलखण्ड में ईसुरी का फागुन !]
* [https://samtamarg.in/memory-of-bundeli-dialect-poet-isuri/ बुन्देली बोली के कवि ईसुरी की याद]
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[[Category:1838 births]]
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[[Category:Poets from British India]]
[[Category:People from Jhansi district]]
[[Category:People from Bundelkhand]]

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