Kanhaiyalal Sethia

Yug Charan
Kanhaiyalal Sethia
Born11 September 1919
Sujangarh, Churu District, Rajasthan, India
Died11 November 2008
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma materScottish Church College, University of Calcutta
Occupation(s)Poet, freedom fighter, social worker, reformer, philanthropist, environmentalist
Known forNationalistic poetry during the Indian independence movement
ChildrenTwo sons and a daughter
Parent(s)Chhagan Mal Sethia (father), Manohari Devi (mother)

Kanhaiyalal Sethia ((1919-09-11)11 September 1919 – (2008-11-11)11 November 2008) was a well-known Rajasthani and Hindi poet. He was born in Sujangarh, in what is now Churu District in the Indian state of Rajasthan. He was a passionate supporter of making Rajasthani, the mother tongue of the people of Rajasthan, at the union level. He was a government-recognized freedom fighter, social worker, reformer, philanthropist and environmentalist.[1] He is known as fulfulling the role of the Yug-Charan for his nationalistic poetry during the freedom struggle.[2]

  1. ^ "Calcutta's poet who was Rajasthan's voice". The Telegraph, Calcutta. The Telegraph, 20 December 20, 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. ^ Ātura, Prakāśa (1979). Rājasthāna kī Hindī kavitā (in Hindi). Saṅghī Prakāśana. कवि ने जिस युग में सृजन क्रम प्रारम्भ किया, वह राष्ट्रीय स्वतन्त्रता संग्राम का पावन क्षरण था प्रतः सेठिया जैसा दार्शनिक चितन अपने परिवेश से भसम्पृक्त न रह सका और वह भी युगवाणी में अपना स्वर मिला कर, युग चारण के दायित्व का निर्वाह करने लगा।