Doctor Dhirendra Verma was a prominent Indian poet and writer
Background
Verma was born on 17 May 1897 in Bhui colony of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, India. His father, Khanchand, was a Jamindar by birth and occupation. Verma was significantly influenced by his father and the ideals of Arya Samaj in his formative years.
Education
Verma was admitted to Doctorate.A.V. College, Dehradun in 1908. However, he soon returned to his father and took admission in Queen"s College, Lucknow. He passed the "School Leaving Certificate Examination" with first division with special honours in Hindi.
Subsequently, he went to Myor Central College, Allahabad where he received his Master of Arts in Sankrit (1921) from.
Later, he was awarded Doctorate. Litt from Paris University.
Career
He used to write in Hindi and Brij Bhasha. Verma holds the same prominence for introducing scientific methods to research in Hindi language and literature as does Ramchandra Shukla. On the basis of his research in Indian languages, he published the first scientific history of Indian languages in 1933.
He wrote his doctoral thesis on Brij Bhasha in French which was later translated into Hindi.
Verma died on 23 April 1973. Verma was appointed as the first lecturer of Hindi language at Allahabad University in 1924.
Subsequently, he was promoted as a Professor and then Head of Department of Hindi department at Allahabad University, which he headed for several years. Later on, he served as the Vice Chancellor of Sagar University in Madhya Pradesh.
lieutenant was his stint as a teacher and researcher that brought a lot of fame for Verma.
He is recognized as the pioneer in introducing scientific methods to research in Hindi language and literature. Verma is known to have mentored many prominent writers, among them Dharamvir Bharati, who edited the very popular Hindi magazine Dharmyug.