- Vidya Niwas Mishra
Vidya Niwas Mishra (1926-2005) was a scholar, a noted Hindi-Sanskrit littérateur, and a journalist.
Born at Pakardiha in
Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh in January, 1926, he had his education atAllahabad University andGorakhpur University . After his M.A. inSanskrit he involved himself in the work of compiling the Hindi dictionary under the direction of the legendary scholarRahul Sankrityayan .A renowned scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit languages, he was also an eminent writer. He authored, edited and translated over hundred books in Hindi and English. He also edited several journals and magazines. He twice served as the President of the
Hindi Sahitya Sammelan and was also the Chairman of theSahitya Parishad .He was a visiting Professor at the California and Washington universities, and Director of the
Kulapati Munshi Hindi Vidyapeeth ,Agra . He was also Vice-Chancellor of theKashi Vidyapeeth and theSampoornanand Sanskrit University . For many years, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the leading Hindi dailyNavbharat Times .For his invaluable services in the field of literature, he was decorated first with
Padma Shri and later withPadma Bhushan by theGovernment of India . He was the recipient of the Moortidevi Prize instituted by the Bharatiya Jnanpeeth. A senior member of theSahitya Akademi , he was the guiding spirit of many a literary and social organisations. He was closely associated with the ambitious project to bring out anEncyclopaedia of Hinduism . The Hindi monthly Sahitya Amrit, of which he was the chief patron, is one of the best literary journals in India.He was a renowned writer, commentator and columnist on literary, social, political and economic matters.
He was a member of
Rajya Sabha when he died onFebruary 14 ,2005 in a road accident while on his way toVaranasi fromDeoria .External links
* [http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsdebate/synopsis/204/25022005.htm]
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