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Harivansh Rai Bachchan (né Srivastava; 27 November 1907 – 18 January 2003) was an Indian poet and writer of the Nayi Kavita literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He is best known for his early work Madhushala.
Jan 18, 2016 · After his first wife died in 1936, he married Teji Bachchan; He taught in the English Department at Allahabad University and did his thesis on WB Yeats; It was at Cambridge University when he started using Bachchan as his last name; Harivansh Rai Bachchan is the second Indian to get his doctorate degree in English literature from Cambridge
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Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has shared anecdotes about his last name and said that "Bachchan" was his father and legendary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poetic nom de plume. The 76-year-old cine icon took to his blog and discuss about the caste system prevalent in ancient India.
Nov 8, 2022 · KBC 14. Indian Reality Show. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan revealed that 'Bachchan' was originally his father and renowned poet Harivansh Rai's pen name.
It was there that he used “Bachchan” for the first time as his last name in place of Srivastava. Harivansh Rai Bachchan is the 2nd Indian to get his Doctorate from Cambridge. He had also served at All India Radio (AIR) in Allahabad. In 1926, he married his first wife, Shyama, at the age of 19.
Jul 29, 2019 · Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has shared anecdotes about his last name and said that ‘Bachchan’ was his father and legendary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s poetic nom de plume. The...
The poet known to the Hindi literary world as ‘Bachchan’ was born as ‘Harivansh Rai’ in 1907 to an Allahabad Kāyasth family. His given name derived from a prescribed recitation of the Harivamśa Purāna that had broken his parents' much-lamented childlessness; the pandit's honorarium for the recitation was 1001 rupees, paid off in monthly instalments over the first ten years of the boy's childhood.
