Maithili Sharan Gupt is one of the most recognizable names in the world of modern Hindi poetry. He was also the first person to use the Khari Boli script against Brajbhasha that was rampantly used in Hindi writing during his times.

Maithili Sharan Gupt was born on August 3, 1886, in a Gahoi family in the small city of Chirgaon in the Jhansi district of Uttar. He enjoyed a flourishing career in Hindi literature in spite of not having any formal education. The chief subject of his poems and the plots for most of his plays were inspired by mythological plots from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. He also liked dealing with the lives of religious leaders from across the world and stories revolving around Lord Buddha.

Maithili Sharan Gupt also had a brief career in the politics of India after independence. Shortly after India acquired independence in August 1947, Maithili Sharan Gupt was appointed an honorary member of the Rajya Sabha in the Indian Parliament. Maithili Sharan Gupt breathed his last on December 12, 1964. He was 78 years of age at the time of death.  He is referred to as the Rashtrakavi. He was in favour of  Hindi to be made the official language.

• Some unknown facts of  Maithili Sharan Gupt
• As he was too interested in games, Maithili Gupta could not complete
  his studies.
• At the age of 12, he wrote a poem in Brajbhasa.
• In 1910, his first major work, Rang Mein Bhang was published by Indian Press

• For his book Bharat-Bharati (1912), widely quoted during India’s freedom struggle, he was given the title of Rashtra Kavi by Mahatma Gandhi.
• He was a recipient of the third highest (then second highest) Indian civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in the year 1954.