1. Maithilisharan Gupt was one of the most important modern Hindi poets.
11 Facts About Maithilisharan Gupt
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Maithilisharan Gupt is considered one among the pioneers of Khari Boli poetry and wrote in Khari Boli dialect, at a time when most Hindi poets favoured the use of Braj Bhasha dialect.
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Maithilisharan Gupt was a recipient of the third highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Bhushan.
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Maithilisharan Gupt was born in Chirgaon, Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh in the Kankane clan of the Gahoi vanya community in a family that was once a wealthy zamindar family, but the wealth was lost by the time he was born.
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Maithilisharan Gupt's father was Seth Ramcharan Gupta and mother's name was Kashibai.
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Maithilisharan Gupt disliked school as a child, so his father arranged for his education at their home.
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Maithilisharan Gupt entered the world of Hindi literature by writing poems in various magazines, including Saraswati.
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Maithilisharan Gupt's works are based along patriotic themes, among others poets such as Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and Makhanalal Chaturvedi.
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Maithilisharan Gupt's poetry is characterized by non-rhyming couplets in Khadi Boli.
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Maithilisharan Gupt was a religious man, and this can be seen in his works.
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Maithilisharan Gupt remained a member of the Rajya Sabha till his death in 1964.