Background
Shankar was born in 1859 in Harduaganj, Aligarh, North-Western Provinces(Now Uttar Pradesh), British India, and received his early education at the local primary school.
Shankar was born in 1859 in Harduaganj, Aligarh, North-Western Provinces(Now Uttar Pradesh), British India, and received his early education at the local primary school.
He worked with the Irrigation Department at Kanpur and subsequently as an Ayurvedic physician. His poetic works are primarily in the dialects of Braj Bhasha and Khariboli. He was write of Modern Period.
In 1874 when he was student of Middle Class, English Educational Inspector East. T. Constable inspected the school.
Constable was impressed with his talent and knowledge and commented in the inspection book: "Nathuram is an intelligent student, full of promise." Shankar knew Sanskrit and Persian as well as Hindi and Urdu. He was a contributor to Saraswati, the literary journal of Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi.
Shankar died on 21 August 1932 at Harduaganj, Aligarh, North-Western Provinces, British India. Books on his life Mahakavi shankara Smratiai Grantha which -Published by Mahakavi Sankar Smarka Samiti,Harduaganj(Aligarh), in 1986.
Nathurama Sharma Shankar ki kavya-sadhana by Vasanti Salavekara & Published by-Vinaya Prakashan in 1994 Vaidik Geetanjali by Deshraj Singh & Published byMahakavi Sankar Smarka Samiti,Harduaganj(Aligarh)in 2013 Documentary film on his life Actor & anchor Jais Chauhan made a documentary film Mahakavi Shankar on his life.
Shankar was the father of Famous Hindi poet Hari Shankar Sharma,grand father of Hindi"s poet and writer Kripa Shankar Sharma and great grand father of Hindi"s poetess Indira Indu.