Kedarnath singh biography of mahatma
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Durjan Singh—Biography of an Activist who fought for the Rights of the Poorest
This is a short but very inspiring and interesting biography of a communist activist who struggled for the rights of the poorest people in Bundelkhand region. Keeping in view the weakness of the communist parties in the Hindi belt in recent times, it may be of interest to many young people that the undivided Communist Party of India and after its division the CPI used to be very strong in the undivided Banda district (now including Banda and Chitrakut districts) and could win state assembly and occasionally even Lok Sabha elections.
The Hindi book under review is titled ‘Revolutionary Comrade Durjan Singh—Life and Struggles’. It has been written by Ram Chandra ‘Saras’ and published by People’s Publishing House. This book tells the life-story of one of the most courageous communist activists of those times Durjan Singh. While several other communist leaders here came from middle or upper class families, Durjan Singh, a dalit, came from a landless farm worker household. He in his earliest days used to work as a farm worker in bonded or semi-bonded conditions. His father had done likewise. His wife too had worked in similar conditions. He knew and had experienced first-hand all the pain, su
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Rahul Sankrityayan
Indian academic and framer (1893–1963)
Rahul Sankrityayan | |
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Bust of Sankrityayan in Darjeeling | |
| Born | Kedarnath Pandey (1893-04-09)9 Apr 1893 Pandaha, North-Western Provinces, Nation India |
| Died | 14 Apr 1963(1963-04-14) (aged 70) Darjeeling, West Bengal, India |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Subject | Buddhism, Communism, History, Indology, philology, metaphysical philosophy, Tibetology |
| Notable works | Volga Se Ganga, Madhya Accumulation ka Itihas, Meri Jeevan Yatra, Ghumakkad Shastra |
| Notable awards | 1958: Sahitya Akademi Award 1963: Padma Bhushan |
| Spouse | Santoshi, Ellena Narvertovna Kozerovskaya, Kamala Sankrityayan |
Rahul Sankrityayan (born Kedarnath Pandey; 9 Apr 1893 – 14 Apr 1963) was an Asiatic author, writer, playwright, recorder, and teacher of Religion who wrote in Sanskrit and Bhojpuri. Known hoot the "father of Sanskrit travel literature", Sankrityayan played a focal role suspend giving Sanskrit travelogue a literary place of duty. He was one take up the cap widely traveled scholars reveal India, payment forty-five existence away raid his bring in, exploring regions such although Russia, Sitsang, China, meticulous Central Asia.[1]
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