Binod Bihari Verma
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Dr Binod Bihari Verma, May 2000, Bhubaneswar
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| Born | Binod Bihari Verma 3 December 1937 Baur, Distt Darbhanga, Bihar, India |
| Died | 9 November 2003 (aged 65) Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Pen name | Vinod, Vinod Gopal |
| Occupation | Writer: novelist, short story, biography, research; medical doctor; armyman |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 1965–2005 |
| Genre | Rural life, social justice, historical |
| Subject | Genealogy, Folk songs, biography, Literary criticism |
| Notable works | Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan |
| Spouse | Pratibha Verma (1965 – till death) |
| Children | 5: Two sons, Three daughters |
| Relatives | Brij Kishore Verma Manipadma (Cousin Brother) |
Binod Bihari Verma (1937–2003) was a Maithili littérateur by soul, medical doctor by profession and a defence officer by career. He is most noted for his pioneering work on Panjis, which are ancient genealogical charts, Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan. He is also known for his depiction of rural poor of the Mithila region in his writings. During his lifetime, he worked as a medical officer in the Indian Army, as a lecturer in a Dental College, and as a Private Medical practitioner. He simultaneously carried on his literary works by independent publishing and in various magazines viz. Mithila Mihir and Karnamrit. He had command over a number of languages including Urdu, Sanskrit, Odia, Assamese and Bengali and scripts of various Indian languages viz. old Maithili, Assamese, Gurmukhi, Odia and Nepali.
Binod Bihari Vema was born in Baur, Darbhanga district, Bihar on 3 December 1937 to Rameshwar Lal Das and Yogmaya Devi. His father was a freedom fighter, a prominent Gandhian and tireless worker for the upliftment of the poor, and he inculcated these values in his children as well.
Verma attended primary school in the village of Rasiyari village. He then travelled with his father and uncle as they were trying to spread Gandhi's message of achieving freedom through self-reliance and non-violence in the remote tribal areas of Chaibasa, Ranchi, and Singhbhum in South Bihar. He developed an empathy with the tribal children and an insight into the diversities of human nature.
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