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Shailendra Nath Shrivastava

Indian politician (1936–2006)

Shailendra Nath Srivastava

Dr.Shailendra Nath Shrivastava

In office
1989–1991
Preceded byC. P. Thakur
Succeeded byRam Kripal Yadav
ConstituencyPatna
In office
1980–1985
Preceded byMohammad Shahabuddin
Succeeded byAkeel Haider
ConstituencyPatna Central
Born(1936-03-20)20 March 1936
Chausa, Bihar, British India
Died12 February 2006(2006-02-12) (aged 69)
Patna, Bihar, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse

Dr. Veena Rani Shrivastava

(m. 1959)​
Parent
  • Dr. Murlidhar Shrivastava (father)
EducationM.A. Ph.D
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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

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

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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