Bhagwan Datt Sharma (23 October 1935) is an academic in the field of

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

and

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

literature. In particular, he studies post World War II

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

education reform Education reform is the goal of changing public education. The meaning and educational methods have changed through debates over what content or experiences result in an educated individual or an educated society. Historically, the motivations for ...

Personal life

Bhagwan was born on 23 October 1935 in

Mangawan Mangawan is a town and a nagar panchayat in Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is from the District headquarters of Rewa city. NH 7 and NH 27 goes through Mangawan. Prayagraj is on NH 27 and Varanasi is on NH 7 ...

, India. He is the father in law of first daughter of Ram Kishore Shukla, a preeminent politician and member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

Career

Bhagwan has a

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of Postgraduate education, graduate study and original resear ...

. It was awarded for his comparison of post-

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Hindi & English poetry. He has also studied

Scandinavian literature Scandinavian literature or Nordic literature is the literature in the languages of the Nordic countries of Northern Europe. The Nordic countries include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway (including Svalbard), Sweden, and Scandinavia's associate ...

Latin literature Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and other writings written in the Latin language. The beginning of formal Latin literature dates to 240 BC, when the first stage play in Latin was performed in Rome. Latin literatur ...

and

poetry. At the time of his retirement, Bhagwan had been the Deputy Divisional Superintendent of Education. He is among the founders of the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

in Rewa.

Citations

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Bhagwan Datt 1935 births Hindi-language poets Living people People from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh Poets from Madhya Pradesh People from Rewa district