Sohan Lal Dwivedi (22 February 1906 – 1 March 1988) was an Indian poet,

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and freedom fighter, known for his patriotic poems such as ''Tumhe Naman'', a poem on

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, ''Ali Racho Chand'', ''Khadi Geet'', ''Giriraj'', ''Nayanon ki Resham Dori se'', ''Mathrubhumi'', ''Prakriti Sandesh'', ''Jay Rashtra Nishan'', ''Re Man'', ''Vandana'' and ''Himalay''. Born on 22 February 1906 at

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, a small town in Fatehpur in the Indian state of

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, he secured a master's degree (MA) in Hindi and did higher studies in Sanskrit. He published several anthologies like ''Bhairavi'', ''Pooja Geet'', ''Prabhati'', ''Yugadhar'', ''Kunal'', ''Chetna'' and ''Basuri''. ''Hum Balveer'' and ''Andheri Raath'' are two of his other notable works. He was deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and in the following lines he described Gandhiji's popularity. चल पड़े जिधर दो डगमग में, चल पड़े कोटि पग उसी ओर। Dwivedi died in

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on 1 March 1988 at the age of 82. Considered as a national poet, he was honoured by the

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in 1970 with

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, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.

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