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Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' (23 September 1908 – 24 April 1974) was an Indian Hindi poet, essayist, patriot and academic,〔(Biography and Works ) anubhuti-hindi.org.〕〔(Sahitya Akademi Award Citation )〕 who is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He remerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his nationalist poetry written in the days before Indian independence. His poetry exuded ''veer rasa'', and he has been hailed as a ''Rashtrakavi'' ("National poet") on account of his inspiring patriotic compositions. He was a regular poet of Hindi Kavi sammelan on those days and is hailed to be as popular and connected to poetry lovers for Hindi speakers as Pushkin for Russians. The present Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi wrote a message appreciating the translation of Rashmirathi into English by the Mauritian cultural activist Leela Gujadhur Sarup. As a mark of respect for him, his portrait was unveiled in the Central Hall of Parliament of India by the then Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh on his centenary year, 2008. On 23 November 2012, the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee gave away Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' Sahitya Ratna Samman to 21 prominent writers and social workers at a function organised in Rashtrapati Bhavan. On the occasion, the President recalled the contribution of Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' in the freedom struggle and his service to Hindi literature.〔 Poet and former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee spoke of Dinkarji in high esteem. Others who have praised his literary genius include Shivraj Patil, Lal Krishna Advani, Somnath Chatterjee, Gulab Khandelwal, Bhawani Prasad Mishra, and Seth Govind Das. Dinkar initially supported the revolutionary movement during the Indian independence struggle, but later became a Gandhian. However, he used to call himself a 'Bad Gandhian' because he supported the feelings of indignation and revenge among the youth. In ''Kurukshetra'', he accepted that war is destructive but argued that it is necessary for the protection of freedom. He was close to prominent nationalists of the time such as Rajendra Prasad, Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Sri Krishna Sinha, Rambriksh Benipuri and Braj Kishore Prasad. Dinkar was elected three times to the Rajya Sabha, and he was the member of this house from 3 April 1952 CE to 26 January 1964 CE,〔 and was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1959.〔 He was also the Vice-Chancellor of Bhagalpur University (Bhagalpur, Bihar) in the early 1960s. During The Emergency, Jayaprakash Narayan had attracted a gathering of one lakh people at the Ramlila grounds and recited Dinkar's famous poem: ''Singhasan Khaali Karo Ke Janata Aaati Hai'' (Devanagari: ; "Vacate the throne, for the people are coming"). == Biography == He was born on 23 September 1908, in Simaria village of Munger district (now in Begusarai District) in Bihar.〔 His father was Babu Ravi Singh and mother was Manroop Devi. As a student, his favourite subjects were history, politics and philosophy. He studied Hindi, Sanskrit, Maithili, Bengali, Urdu and English literature. Dinkar was greatly influenced by Iqbal, Rabindranath Tagore, Keats and Milton. He translated works of Rabindranath Tagore from Bengali to Hindi. The poetic persona of the poet Dinkar was shaped by the pressures and counter-pressures of life during the freedom movement.〔 Five feet eleven, shining white complexion, long high nose, large ears, broad forehead – his appearance answered to some such description.〔〔 When he was a student of Mokama High School, it was not possible for him to stay on till school closed at four p.m.〔 He had to leave the class after lunch break so that he could catch the steamer back home.〔 He could not afford to be in the hostel which would have enabled him to attend all periods.〔 How could a student who had no shoes on his feet manage the hostel fees? His poetry shows the impact of poverty.〔 This was the environment in which Dinkar grew up and became a nationalist poet of radical views.〔 In 1920, Dinkar saw Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.〔 About this time, in the third decade of 20th century, he founded Manoranjan Library at Simariya.〔 He also edited a handwritten Pamphlet.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ramdhari Singh Dinkar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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