Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi, born on 4 April 1889, also called Pandit
ji, was an Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and journalist who is
particularly remembered for his participation in India's national struggle for
independence and his contribution to Chhavavaad, the Neo-romanticism movement
of Hindi literature. He was awarded the first Sahitya Akademi Award in
Hindi for his work Him Tarangini in 1955. The Government of
India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in1963. For
his works reinforcing Indian nationalism during the British Raj, he is referred
to as the Yug Charan.
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