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{{Infobox person
|name = Baldev Upadhyaya
|image =
|birth_date = {{Birth date |1899|10|10|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Ballia]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1999|8|10|1899|10|10|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
|nationality = Indian
|alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]]
|awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}

'''Baldev Upadhyaya''' (10 October 1899 – 10 August 1999) was a [[Hindi]], [[Sanskrit]] scholar, literary [[historian]], [[essayist]] and [[critic]]. He wrote numerous books, collections of essays and a historical outline of [[Sanskrit literature]]. He is noted for discussing Sanskrit literature in the Hindi language. Earlier books related to Sanskrit literature were often written either in Sanskrit or in English.

==Life==
He was born on 10 October 1899 in the village Sonbarsa in the [[Ballia]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British India]]. His father was Pt. Ram Suchit Upadhyaya, who was a great scholar of the ''[[Bhagavata Puraṇa]]'', and his mother was Murti Devi. He had two brothers.{{cn|date=April 2018}}

Upadhyaya's early education was in Govt. High School, [[Ballia]], except for a session 1911–1912, when he was admitted to the 6th standard at Bengali Tola Inter College, [[Benares]]. He passed his M.A. from [[Banaras Hindu University]] (1922) and Sahityacharya from [[Govt. Sanskrit College]], [[Benares]].{{cn|date=April 2018}}

He married Shivmuni Devi, daughter of Pt. Dev Krishna Ojha, granddaughter of Pt. Yogesh Dutt Ojha, a Sanskrit scholar and author of ''Paribhashendu Shekhar'', which was published from Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, [[Varanasi]].

He died on 10 August in his centenary year 1999 at Varanasi.<ref>Sanskrit Sadhana, [[Vidya Niwas Mishra]] Ayas Bharati Publication, Saharanpur, 1990.</ref> He had two sons. One of his son named Dr. G. S. Upadhyaya is retired from IIT Kanpur, where he was a professor in Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering. Dr. G. S. Upadhyaya also have been the head of department. The grandson of Baldev Upadhyaya named Dr. Anish Upadhyaya is currently professor in Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, UP.

==Students==
His students include [[Hazari Prasad Dwivedi]], [[Vidya Niwas Mishra]], [[Vibhuti Narayan Singh]], [[Sitaram Chaturvedi]], [[Kalu Lal Shrimali]], [[Rewa Prasad Dwivedi]], [[J. N. Chaturvedi]], [[Triloki Nath Chaturvedi]], and [[Vishnu Kant Shastri]].{{cn|date=April 2018}}

==Major works==
In 1922 he was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Sanskrit at Banaras Hindu University. After serving the institution for 38 years he retired as Head of the Department in 1960. In 1968 he was again appointed as director and professor emeritus of the Research Institute at [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]]. He also served as president, Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, [[Lucknow]].<ref>Baldev Upadhyaya Felicitation Volume, (Ed.) G.C. Tripathi, Journal of the [[Ganganath Jha]], Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Allahabad, 1983.</ref>

When he was director of the Research Institute, he was the chief editor of the book series, ''[[Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala]]'', and the [[Sanskrit]] journal ''[[Sarasvati Sushama]]''. He wrote many books which are the outcome of original studies and are authoritative in the respected fields. He also edited about 25 books.<ref>Shemushi, (Ed) [[Vidya Niwas Mishra]], Sharda Niketan, Varanasi, 2000.</ref>

==Awards and honours==
* Mangla Prasad Puraskar, 1942
* Dalmia Puraskar, 1946
* Shravan-Nath Puraskara
* Sahitya Varidhi, Prayag, 1972
* D.Litt., 1977
* Certificate of Honour, Awarded by [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]], [[President of India]] 1968.
* Kalidas Sahitya Ratna, Ujjain, 1982
* Vishva Sanskrit Bharati Award, U.P. Sanskrit Academy, 1983.
* [[Padma Bhushan]] Awarded by [[Giani Zail Singh]], [[President of India]], 1984.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* Umaswami Award, Kunda Kunda Bharati Ch. Trust, New Delhi, 1994{{cn|date=April 2018}}
* Mahamahopadhyaya, 1997{{cn|date=April 2018}}
* Rama Krishna Dalmiya Sri Vani Award, Ramkrishna Dalmiya Trust, New Delhi{{cn|date=April 2018}}

==Books==
Upadhyaya had chosen [[Hindi]] as his medium for writing books. There were no authoritative books on all branch of [[Sanskrit]] literature.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name of Book
! Publisher
! Year
|-
| Rasika Govinda Aur Unki Kavita
| Hindi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, [[Ballia]].
| 1926
|-
| Sukti Muktavali
| Haridas Company, Mathura
| 1932
|-
| Sanskrit Kavi Charchā
| Master Khedilal, Varanasi
| 1932
|-
| Bhartiya Darshana
| Sharda Mandir, Varanasi
| 1942
|-
| Sanskrit Sahitya Ka Itihas
| Sharda Mandir, Varanasi
| 1944
|-
| Dharma aur Darshana
| Sharda Mandir, Varanasi
| 1945
|-
| Sanskrit Vangmaya
| Sharda Mandir, Varanasi
| 1945
|-
| Vaidika Kahaniya
| Sharda Mandir, Varanasi
| 1946
|-
| Bauddha Darsana Mimansa
| Sharda Mandir, Varanasi
| 1946
|-
| Arya Sanskriti Ke Muladhara
| Sharda Mandir, Varanasi
| 1947
|-
| Bhartiya Sahitya Shastra
| Prasad Parisad, Varanasi
| 1948
|-
| Bhagvata Sampradaya
| Nagari Prachatini Sabha, Varanasi
| 1954
|-
| Vaidika Sahitya Aur Sanskriti
| Sharda Sansthan, Varanasi
| 1955
|-
| Sanskrit Alochana
| U.P. Sanskrit Sansthan, Lucknow
| 1956
|-
| Kavyanushilana
| Ramesh Book Deopt, Jaipur
| 1956
|-
| Bhartiya Vangmaya Mein Sri Radha
| Bihar Rastrabhasha Parishad, Patna
| 1963
|-
| Sanskrit Sukavi Samikchha
| Chaukamba Vidya Bhavan, Varanasi
| 1963
|-
| Purana Vimarsha
| Chaukamba Vidya Bhavan, Varanasi
| 1965
|-
| Sanskrit Shashtron Ka Itihas
| Chaukamba Vidya Bhavan, Varanasi
| 1969
|-
| Bhartiya Dharma Aur Darshana
| Chaukamba Vidya Bhavan, Varanasi
| 1977
|-
| Sanskrit Sahitya Ka Sanksipta Itihas
| Sharda Sansthan, Varanasi
| 1978
|-
| Kashi Ki Panditya Parampara
| Sharda Sansthan, Varanasi
| 1985
|-
| Bhartiya Dharma aur Darshana Ka Anushilan
| Sharda Sansthan, Varanasi
| 1985
|-
| Vimarshachintamanih
| Sharda Sansthan, Varanasi
| 1987
|}

==References==
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