Shailendra death reason
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Shailendra Nath Shrivastava
Indian politician (1936–2006)
Shailendra Nath Srivastava | |
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Dr.Shailendra Nath Shrivastava | |
| In office 1989–1991 | |
| Preceded by | C. P. Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Ram Kripal Yadav |
| Constituency | Patna |
| In office 1980–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Shahabuddin |
| Succeeded by | Akeel Haider |
| Constituency | Patna Central |
| Born | (1936-03-20)20 March 1936 Chausa, Bihar, British India |
| Died | 12 February 2006(2006-02-12) (aged 69) Patna, Bihar, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Dr. Veena Rani Shrivastava (m. 1959) |
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| Education | M.A. Ph.D |
| Source: [1] | |
Dr. Shailendra Nath Shrivastava (20 March 1936 – 12 February 2006) was an Indian essayist and poet, who wrote in Hindi, English and Bhojpuri. His body of work comprised over 100 publication of books like poetry, biographies, essays, Literary criticism etc. he also featured in more than 120 programs/broadcast of All India Radio / Doordarshan Patna and Del
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Shailendra (lyricist)
Indian Hindi-Urdu poet, lyricist and film producer (1923–1966)
Shailendra (30 August 1923 – 14 December 1966) was a popular Indian Hindi-Urdu poet, lyricist and film producer.[1] He is regarded as one of the greatest and most celebrated lyricists of the Indian film industry.[2][3][4][5][6] Known for his association with filmmaker Raj Kapoor, singer Mukesh, and composer duo Shankar–Jaikishan, he wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in the 1950s and 1960s.[7]
Early life
Shankar Shailendra was born on 30 August 1923 in Rawalpindi, Punjab (now in Pakistan).[8][9] He was born into a Chamar family [10][11][12] His ancestors belonged to Ara district of Bihar.[13] Due to financial crisis, his family later moved to Mathura from Rawalpindi where Shailendra completed his studies.[13] At a young age, he lost his mother and sister. His village in Arrah, Bihar mostly comprised agricultural laborers
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Shailendra — the Leftist poet and Dalit genius whose lyrics define beauty of simplicity
He created the famousslogan — “Har zor-zulm kee takkar mein, hartal hamara nara hai” (Strike is our weapon against every atrocity, every excess), this is used by protesters even today.
It was one suchpoem on Partition, Jalta hai Punjab, that not only earned him literary acclaim but became his ticket to success in the world of cinema.
Actor, producer and director Raj Kapoor happened to hear Shailendra recite the poem at an IPTA function when Kapoor was preparing for his directorial debut Aag, and promptly offered to buy the rights of the poem for a then-handsome sum of Rs 500, but Shailendra refused. Much later, Shailendra did reconsider, and a long and fruitful collaboration then happened between Kapoor and Shailendra, whom he fondly called Kaviraj and Pushkin.
Shailendra went on to be an integral part of Kapoor’s team. His success went beyond Kapoor, as he went on to work with other superstars like Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rahman and Nargis, and composers su
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