Shyam lal gupta biography of martin
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Shyamlal Gupta
Indian poet and lyricist
Shyamlal Gupta, popularly known by his pen name Parshad, (9 September 1896 – 10 August 1977) was an Indian poet and lyricist.
A song written by him which featured in the 1948 Hindi film, Azadi Ki Raah Par, (sung by Sarojini Naidu), has been accepted as the flag song of India and is sung every year during the flag hoisting ceremony at the Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations.[1][2] He was the recipient of the fourth highest civilian award (Padma Shri) in 1969.
In 1997, the Government of India issued a postage stamp in his honor.[3] In 1939, he founded the S. Chand Group, a publishing house.[4]
Biography
Shyamlal Gupta was born on 9 September 1896 as the youngest son of Visheshwar Prasad and Kaushalya Devi,[2] in Dosar Vaishya community in Narwal, Kanpur.[1] Refusing to join the family business, he took up teaching as a career and worked at various government sch