Kripa Shankar Sharma was a
Hindi
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poet from
Morena, Madhya Pradesh.
Biography
Kripa Shanka Sharma was born in
Harduaganj, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
He spent 6 months in jail for 1942's
non-cooperation movement
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. He wrote a letter to Pt.
Jawahar Lal Nehru
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His grandfather
Pt. Nathuram Shankar Sharma'Shankar'
Nathuram Sharma ( hi, नाथूराम शर्मा; 1859–1932), better known by his pen-name Mahakavi Shankar ( hi, शंकर), was a Hindi and Urdu poet from Harduaganj, Aligarh, North-Western Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh), ...
and father
Hari Shankar Sharma
Hari Shankar Sharma (1891–1968) was a Hindi and Urdu poet from Harduaganj, Aligarh, India.
He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India, in 1966.
Biography
Hari Shanka Sharma was born in Harduaganj, Aligarh, North-Western Provinc ...
were famous Hindi poets, and his daughter
Indira Indu was also a well-known poet.
His younger brother Vidhay Shankar Sharma was editor of ''Sainik'' (
Agra
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) and ''
Amar Ujala
''Amar Ujala'' is a Hindi-language daily newspaper published in India which was founded in 1948. It has 21 editions in six states and two union territories covering 180 districts. It has a circulation of around two million copies. The 2017 Ind ...
'' (Agra).
Print media work
He was editor of ''Nirala''.
Poetic work
His poetic works include: ''Murlika'', ''Jar Ram-Rajya aa jayega'', ''Bapu ke geet'', ''Jadgamba'', ''Kalyugi'' & ''Har hindu hindustani hai'', and ''Sondhi Sughand''.
Books
*''Hindi Sahitya Parichya''
*''Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihas''
*''Din Ke Sapney''
*''Bikhari Kiraney'', an essay collection
References
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Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
People from Aligarh
People from Morena
Hindi-language poets
Indian independence activists from Madhya Pradesh
Prisoners and detainees of British India
Indian editors
Hindi-language writers