Dharikshan Mishr (1901-1997) was a
Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri (;[Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries](_blank)
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poet and Writer. He was honored with the ''Bhasa Samman Award'' in 1996 for his contribution to Bhojpuri literature.
Life
He was born in 1901 at Bariyarpur village in
Kushinagar
Kushinagar ( Hindustani: or ; Pali: ; Sanskrit: ) is a town in the Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is an important and popular Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha attained ''parinirvana''.
Etymo ...
in the
North-Western Provinces
The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India. The North-Western Provinces were established in 1836, through merging the administrative divisions of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces. In 1858, the nawab-ruled kingdom ...
of
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
.
Works
* Gandhi Gaan
* Gandhi Garima
* Shivji ke Kheti
[{{Cite book, last=Chaube, first=Ganesh, title=Bhojapurī prakāśana ke sai barisa: byorevāra sūcī, 1882 Ī. se 1982, publisher=Bhojapurī Akādamī, year=1983, isbn=, location=, pages=]
References
1901 births
1997 deaths
Indian writers
Indian poets