# Chittadhar Hridaya

_Nepalese poet (1906–1982)_

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> Chittadhar Hridaya (Nepali: चित्तधर हृदय; born Chittadhar Tuladhar; 19 May 1906 – 9 June 1982) was a Nepalese poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest literary figures from Nepal in the 20th century.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 19 May 1906 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134508#P569))
- **Died:** 9 June 1982 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134508#P570))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134508#P27))
- **Occupation:** poet; historian; journalist; writer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134508#P106))

## About

The title of Kavi Keshari (Lion among Poets) was conferred on him by King Mahendra of Nepal in 1956. He wrote primarily in Nepal Bhasa but has created works in Nepali and Hindi too.

Hridaya dedicated his life to serving his mother tongue, rejecting a flourishing ancestral business and suffering imprisonment by an autocratic government. In 1941, he was jailed for five years by the Rana regime for writing a poem in Nepal Bhasa in a crackdown against the language.

## Questions

**When was Chittadhar Hridaya born?**  
Chittadhar Hridaya was born on 19 May 1906.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Chittadhar Hridaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittadhar_Hridaya) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): चित्तधर हृदय](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AF) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q1134508](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134508) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Chittadhar portrait.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chittadhar_portrait.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Chittadhar Hridaya, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Chittadhar portrait.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0.

## Cite this page

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