1. HARIVANSHRAI BACHAN
Biography
By:-
Faguni Dhawan
HARIVANSHRAI BACHAN

2. Introduction Born- November 27, 1907 Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Died- January 18, 2003 (aged 95)
Mumbai, India
Occupation- Poet
Spouse (s) – Shyama ( )
- Teji Bachan ( ) his death
Sons- 1. Amitabh 2. Ajitabh
Daughter – in- law – Jaya baduri
HARIVANSHRAI BACHAN

3. PERSONAL LIFE
Born in a Srivastaya Kayastha family,in the village of Babupatti in the district of Pratapgarh , U.P. near Allahabad in the United Provinces. He was the eldest son of Pratap Narayan Shrivastav and Saraswati Devi. He was called bachan at home. He received his formal schooling in a municipal school and followed the family traditions of attending Kayastha Paathshaalas to learn Urdu as the first step to a career in law. He later studied at the Allahabad University and banaras Hindu University . In this period ,he came under the influence of the independence movement, then under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.
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4. CAREER Teaching career
From 1941 to 1952 he taught English Litereature at Allahabad University , at Allahabad University and then spend two years at cambridge University, at St catharine`s college. There he studied with the famous English literature don, Thomas Rice Henn, and received a doctorate in English Literature for his work on the Irish poet W.B. Yeats and Occultism. It was there that he used Bachan as his last name instead of `srivastava.
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5. POPULAR CULTURE
One of his inspirational poems, Agneepath (“Path of Fire”), was used as the theme (and itsw title as the title) for the 1991 blockbuster movie featuring his actor son Amitabh Bachchan, as a ruthless mafia don. This movie was failure commercially but earned Amitabh Bachchan a National Award for his performance.
The poem describes the entire gamut of sufferings that the human race had gone through and is going through.
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6. AWARD AND HONORS
Bachan was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian Parliament in 1966, and recevied the Sahity Academy Award in In 1976, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan and the Sarswati Samman for his contribution to Hindi literature. In 1944,he was conferred with the “Yash Bharti” Samman by the govt, of Uttar Pradesh.
HARIVANSHRAI BACHAN

7. LIST OF WORKS Madhushala Madhubala Madhukalash Kshan bhar
Khaiyyam ki madhushala
Sopaan
Othello
Kya bhooloon kya yaad karoon
Jangeet
Mcbeth
Ekaant
Nisha Nimantaran
Akul Antar
Tooti Chooti Kadiyan
Jo beet gai so Bat gai
HARIVANSHRAI BACHAN