{"id":371457,"date":"2026-09-10T14:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=371457"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:37:47","slug":"bharatendu-harishchandra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bharatendu-harishchandra\/","title":{"rendered":"Bharatendu Harishchandra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>News: <\/strong>Recently, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid tribute to Bharatendu Harishchandra on his birth anniversary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">About Bharatendu Harishchandra<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsonair.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HRvMgOAaoAATpqU.jpg?resize=217%2C217&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bharatendu Harishchandra \" width=\"217\" height=\"217\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: News on Air<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bharatendu Harishchandra<\/strong> was a <strong>pioneering poet, writer and playwright.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is known as the <strong><strong>\u2018father of modern Hindi literature\u2019<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>He wrote under <strong>pen name of \u201cRasa\u201d<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Early life:<\/strong> He\u00a0was born on <strong>September 09, 1850 at Benares. <\/strong>He was the son of poet <strong>Gopal Chandra<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Influence:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0was <strong>deeply influenced by the Bengal Renaissance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-revolt-of-1857\/\">Revolt of 1857 <\/a><\/strong>also had a strong influence on him.<\/li>\n<li>He was also known for his strong views on the <strong>social and economic condition of colonial India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He<strong> wrote poems for Queen Victoria<\/strong>, but also <strong>strongly criticised the oppressive policies of the British government.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Contributions:<\/strong> He played an important role in the <strong>first Hindi movement<\/strong> in the country.\n<ul>\n<li>He promoted <strong>hindi vernacular nationalism<\/strong> and was associated with the slogan <strong>\u201cHindi, Hindu, Hindustan.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>His works helped <strong>raise the status of Khariboli<\/strong> among readers in <strong>North India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Literary works:<\/strong> He wrote <strong>six plays<\/strong> and published nearly <strong>14 collections of poetry<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>His well-known plays include<strong> Bharat Durdasha, Satya Harish, NeelDevi, and Andher Nagri.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>His play <strong>Andher Nagari criticised poor administration<\/strong> and is seen as <strong>an allegory of British rule in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>He founded and edited <strong>Bala Vodhini<\/strong>, one of India\u2019s early <strong>women\u2019s journals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>He also edited <strong>Kavivachansudha<\/strong> and <strong>Harishchandrachandrika<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">He died on <strong>6 January 1885<\/strong> at the age of 35.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Recognition:<\/strong> In his memory, the <strong>Bharatendu Harishchandra Awards<\/strong> were <strong>established in<\/strong> <strong>1983<\/strong> for excellence in journalism and mass communication, national integration, women\u2019s issues and children\u2019s literature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid tribute to Bharatendu Harishchandra on his birth anniversary. About Bharatendu Harishchandra Bharatendu Harishchandra was a pioneering poet, writer and playwright. He is known as the \u2018father of modern Hindi literature\u2019. He wrote under pen name of \u201cRasa\u201d. Early life: He\u00a0was born on September 09, 1850 at Benares.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bharatendu-harishchandra\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bharatendu Harishchandra<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039,11210],"tags":[11872,12085],"class_list":["post-371457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","category-personalities-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-news-on-air","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}