Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (Hindi: सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी 'निराला') was one of the most famous figures of modern Hindi literature. He was a poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer. He was born on 21 February 1896, in a Brahmin family of Midnapore in Bengal (originally from Gadhakola, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh). He was also a regular in literary circles such as the Kavi Sammelans and gained fame from his poetry readings. Though a student of Bengali, Nirala took keen interest in Sanskrit from the very beginning. In that time, through his natural intelligence and acquired knowledge, he became an authority on various languages – Bengali, English, Sanskrit, and Hindi.
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