Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi

Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi  also called Pandit ji, was an Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwrightand a journalist who is particularly remembered for his participation in India's national struggle for independence and his contribution to Chhayavaad, the Neo-romanticism movement of Hindi literature.

He was awarded the first Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi for his work Him Taringini in 1955. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1963.

Chaturvedi was born in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh on 4 April 1889. After the Indian independence, he refrained from seeking a position in the government, instead continuing to speak and write against social evils and in support of an exploitation-free, equitable society as envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi.