Rambriksh Benipuri

Ramavriksha Benipuri
Ramavriksha Benipuri
Born23 December 1899
Benipur Village, Muzaffarpur, India
Died9 September 1968 (aged 68)
Muzaffarpur, India
Occupation
  • Freedom fighter
  • socialist leader
  • editor
  • writer
  • dramatist
  • essayist
  • novelist
  • politician
NationalityIndian
Literary movementKisan Mahasabha, Quit India Movement, Janaue Todo Abhiyaan
Notable worksAmbpali, Patiton Ke Desh Mein, Genhu Aur Gulab, Maati Ki Muratien, Zanjeerein Aur Deewarien, Vijeta, Shakuntala etc.
Notable awardsLifetime Achievement Award For Contribution In Literature From Rashtra Bhasha Parishad
ChildrenDr. Prabha Benipuri
RelativesShyam Sunder Das

Ramavriksha Benipuri (pronunciationⓘ, 23 December 1899 – 9 September 1968) was an independence activist, socialist leader, editor and Hindi writer. He was born in a small village named Benipur in Muzaffarpur district in a Bhumihar Brahmin family in the Indian state of Bihar. He had spent nine years in prison for fighting for India's independence.[1] He was the founder of Bihar Socialist Party in 1931 and Congress Socialist Party in 1934. He served as the president of Patna District Congress Committee of Indian National Congress from 1935 to 1937 during the 1937 Indian provincial elections.[2] He was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) from Katra North in 1957. In 1958, he was elected as the Syndicate Member of Bihar University (Now Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University), Muzaffarpur.

Ramvriksha Benipuri hailed from Muzaffarpur in Bihar and took active part in the Indian freedom movement.[3] He was also a journalist of Hindi Literature and started several newspapers like Yuvak in 1929 and regularly contributed in various others to spread the idea of nationalism and freedom from British rule.[4]

  1. ^ Rai, Ram Bachan (1995). Ramvriksh Benipuri. Sahitya Akademi. p. 66. ISBN 81-7201-974-2.
  2. ^ कुछ मैं कुछ वें. New Delhi: Anamika Publishers And Distributors Pvt Ltd. 2012. ISBN 9788179755198.
  3. ^ "Special Postage Stamps on Linguistic Harmony of India". Latest PIB Releases. Press Information Bureau of the Government of India. September 1999. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  4. ^ Das, Sisir Kumar (2006). A History of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9.