Hari Shankar Sharma (1891–1968) was a

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and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Harduaganj Harduaganj is a town and a ''nagar panchayat'' in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This town is believed to be founded by Balram Dauji (elder brother of Krishna). An ancient temple dedicated to Dauji is located in this tow ...

, Aligarh,

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. He was awarded the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

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, in 1966.

Biography

Hari Shanka Sharma was born in

, Aligarh,

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 ...

(Now

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. He was the son of Famous Hindi poet

Nathuram Sharma 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), Briti ...

, He is associated with notables poets and writers such as

Amritlal Nagar Amritlal Nagar (17 August 1916 – 23 February 1990) was one of the prominent Hindi writers of the twentieth century.Babu Gulabrai Babu Gulabrai (17 January 1888 – 13 April 1963) was a significant figure in modern Hindi literature. Biography Babu Gulabrai was born in Etawah, where his father, Babu Bhawani Prasad, was a munsarif in the judicial court. His mother was ...

Ram Vilas Sharma Ram Vilas Sharma (10 October 1912 – 30 May 2000) was a progressive literary critic, linguist, poet and thinker. He was born in Unchgaon Sani, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh. In a career spanning nearly five decades, Sharma authored over 50 boo ...

and

Rangeya Raghav Rangeya Raghava (रांगेय राघव) (17 January 1923 – 12 September 1962), birth name Tirumalai Nambakam Vir Raghava Acharya, was born in Agra, a city of Uttar Pradesh state, India, and lived in Weir village of Bharatpur. A prom ...

Poetic works

Sharma's poetic works include: ''Ghaas-Paat'', ''Ram-Rajya'', ''Krishan-Sandesh'', and ''Maharshi-Mahima''.

Books

Sharma wrote many books, such as ''Adikala ka Hindi gadya sahitya'', ''Adikalina Hindi sahitya shodha'', ''Prayini''Hari Shankar Sharma
Open Library and ''Ramrajya''.

Award

in 1966 for Literature & Education * D Litt. from Agra University * Dev Award for 'Ghaas-Paar'

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Hari Shankar 1891 births 1968 deaths Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education People from Aligarh Hindi-language poets Urdu-language poets from India 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Poets from Uttar Pradesh 20th-century Indian male writers