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Indian historian Hazari Prasad Dwivedi born 1907

Indian educator, historian, novelist and literary critic Hazari Prasad Dwivedi was born August 19, 1907.

90th Birth Anniversary of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (1907-1979)  

90th Birth Anniversary of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (1907-1979)
Issued by India 1997

Steeped in traditional knowledge of Sanskrit, Pali andPrakrit, and modern Indian languages, Dwivedi was destined to be the great bridge maker between the past and the present. As a student of Sanskrit, steeped in the Sastras, he gave a new evaluation to Sahitya-sastra and he can rightly be considered as a great commentator on the textual tradition of the Indian literature.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957 for his contribution to Hindi literature, and the 1973 Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection of essays, ‘Alok Parva’
Hazari_Prasad_Dwivedi-min.pdf (iitgn.ac.in)

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