Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
| Subhadra Kumari Chauhan सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान |
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16 August 1904 Nihalpur Village, Allahabad District, Uttar Pradesh, British India |
| Died | 15 February 1948 (aged 43) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Indian |
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (16 August 1904 – 15 February 1948) was an Indian poet famous for Hindi poems composed primarily in Veer Ras, one of the nine Ras' (English: Flavour/Subgenre).
Born in Nihalpur village in Allahabad District in Uttar Pradesh. She initially studied in the Crosthwaite Girls' School in Allahabad and passed the middle-school examination in 1919. After her marriage with Thakur Lakshman Singh Chauhan of Khandwa in the same year, she moved to Jubbulpore CP.
She had five children:Sudha Chauhan (now deceased), Ajay Chauhan (now deceased), Vijay Chauhan (now deceased), Ashok Chauhan (now deceased) and Mamta Chauhan(Bhargava), currently residing in Buffalo, New York. The widows of Ajay and Ashok Chauhan currently live in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Kartic Chauhan, son of Ashok Chauhan lives in the same compound which Subhadra and her husband Laxman Singh Chauhan made their residence in Wright Town, now renamed Subhadra Kumari Chauhan ward.
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan joined the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1921 and was the first woman Satyagrahi to court arrest in Nagpur. She was jailed twice for her involvement in protests against the British rule in 1923 and 1942.
She has authored a number of popular works in Hindi poetry. Her most famous composition is Jhansi Ki Rani, an emotionally charged poem describing the life of Rani Lakshmi Bai. The poem is one of the most recited and sung poems in Hindi literature. This and her other poems, Veeron Ka Kaisa Ho Basant, Rakhi Ki Chunauti, and Vida, openly talk about the freedom movement. They are said to have inspired great numbers of Indian youth to participate in the Indian Freedom Movement. Here is the opening stanza of Jhansi ki Rani:
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