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Maithili Sharan Gupt

1886 - 1964

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Dr Maithilisharan Gupt (3 August 1886 – 12 December 1964) was one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He is considered one among the pioneers of Khari Boli (plain dialect) poetry and wrote in Khari Boli dialect, at a time when most Hindi poets favoured the use of Braj Bhasha dialect. He was a recipient of the third highest (then second highest) Indian civilian honour of Padma Bhushan. For his book Bharat-Bharati (1912), widely quoted during India's freedom struggle, he was given the title of Rashtra Kavi by Mahatma Gandhi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maithili Sharan Gupt is the 4,930th most popular writer (down from 3,006th in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from India (down from 384th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Maithili Sharan Gupt ranks 4,930 out of 7,302. Before him are Bing Xin, Neal Stephenson, Juan Meléndez Valdés, Halina Poświatowska, John Esposito, and Leonti Mroveli. After him are Riichi Yokomitsu, Erica Jong, Ján Hollý, Cynewulf, Roderich Menzel, and Turan Dursun.

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Among people born in 1886, Maithili Sharan Gupt ranks 238. Before him are Źmitrok Biadula, Boris Grigoriev, Urho Castrén, Pranas Dovydaitis, Tomás Romero Pereira, and Arthur Russell. After him are May Sutton, Sakutarō Hagiwara, Aleksei Kruchyonykh, Manuel Bandeira, Carl Hårleman, and Hanns Braun. Among people deceased in 1964, Maithili Sharan Gupt ranks 152. Before him are John Eke, Ville Pörhölä, Hans Moser, Peter Romanovsky, Pentti Eskola, and Henri Grégoire. After him are Arpenik Nalbandyan, Paul Weinstein, Sakari Tuomioja, Steponas Kairys, Cecília Meireles, and Consuelo Vanderbilt.

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In India

Among people born in India, Maithili Sharan Gupt ranks 664 out of 1,861. Before him are Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884), Fauja Singh (1911), Indira Nath (1938), Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565), Dia Mirza (1981), and Fathima Beevi (1927). After him are Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), Manoj Bajpayee (1969), Jamini Roy (1887), and Ashapurna Devi (1909).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Maithili Sharan Gupt ranks 81. Before him are Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), Pratibha Ray (1944), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), and Kamala Surayya (1934). After him are Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Ashapurna Devi (1909), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), and Amitav Ghosh (1956).

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