The Bhopalites will learn about the life of a renowned Hindi poet Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. To mark her death anniversary on February 15 a musical event ‘Veeron Ka Kaisa Ho Vasant’ will be organised at Shaheed Bhavan on Thursday.
The musical eve is organised by Directorate of Swaraj Sansthan under its Desh Raga series. The musical programme will be performed by Surendra Wankhede and group. The musical group will perform Subhadra’s poems during the musical evening.
It is noteworthy that Subhadra Kumari Chauhan was an Indian poet famous for Hindi poems composed primarily in Veer Ras, one of the nine Ras' of Hindi poetry. One of her most popular poems is Jhansi ki rani about the courageous Queen of Jhansi. In 1921, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan and her husband joined Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement.
She was the first woman Satyagrahi to court arrest in Nagpur and was jailed twice for her involvement in protests against the British rule in 1923 and 1942Chauhan 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. An emotionally charged description of the life of the queen of Jhansi British India and her participation in the 1857 revolution, it is often taught in schools in India. Her other poems are said to have inspired great numbers of Indian youth to participate in the Indian Freedom Movement.