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Gopal Singh Nepali (11 August 1911 – 17 April 1963) was an

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poet of

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and a lyricist of

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. He was the son of Rel Bahadur Singh and Saraswati. He was born on birthday of Lord Krishna (Krishna Janmashtami). His association with Bollywood spanned around two decades, beginning in 1944 and ended with his death in 1963. He was a poet of post-

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period, and he wrote several collections of Hindi poems including ''"Umang"'' (published in 1933). The names of famous poetry collections such as Umang, Ragini, panchhi, Neelima, Himalaya ne Pukara etc. are notable in their important works. He also wrote collections of Nepali poem as 'Kalpana'. He was also a journalist and edited at least four Hindi magazines, namely, ''Ratlam Times'', ''Chitrapat'', ''Sudha'', and ''Yogi''. He was very respected along with his contemporaries Mahadevi Verma, Sumitranandan Pant, Suryakant Tripathi, Ramdhari Sigh Dinkar etc. His works have been included in course of different universities of India. He was born in

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in the

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. During

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of 1962, he wrote many patriotic songs and poems which include Savan. He died on 17 April 1963 in Bhagalpur platform no. 2.

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: '' Bhaskar''. Hindi-language poets Poets from Bihar 1911 births 1963 deaths 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets 20th-century Indian male writers Indian lyricists {{India-writer-stub

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