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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Binod Bihari Verma
| image = BinodBihariVermainMay2000.jpg
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| caption = Verma, May 2000, Bhubaneswar
| pseudonym = Vinod, Vinod Gopal
| birth_name = Binod Bihari Verma
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|12|3}}
| birth_place = Baur, [[Darbhanga district]], [[Bihar]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|11|9|1937|12|3}}
| death_place = Bangalore, Karnataka, India
| occupation = Writer: novelist, short story, biography, research; medical doctor; armyman
| period = 1965–2005
| genre = Rural life, social justice, historical
| subject = Genealogy, Folk songs, biography, Literary criticism
| movement =
| notableworks = [[Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan]]
| spouse = Pratibha Verma (1965 – till death)
| partner =
| children = 5: Two sons, Three daughters
| relatives =
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'''Binod Bihari Verma''' (1937–2003) was a [[Maithili language#Literature|Maithili]] writer and military doctor. He is known for ''[[Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan]]'', his work on ancient genealogical charts known as [[Panjis]], as well as his depiction of rural poor of the [[Mithila (India)|Mithila]] region. He worked as a medical officer in the Indian Army, as a lecturer in a Dental College, and as a private medical practitioner. He simultaneously carried on his literary career via independent publishing and in the magazines ''Mithila Mihir'' and ''Karnamrit''.

==Early life and education==
Binod Bihari Vema was born in Baur, [[Darbhanga district]], Bihar on 3 December 1937 to Rameshwar Lal Das and Yogmaya Devi. Verma attended primary school in the village of Rasiyari. He travelled with his father and uncle as they campaigned in favour of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s ideas in the remote tribal areas of [[Chaibasa]], [[Ranchi]], and [[Singhbhum]] in South Bihar.

Verma's education continued at the District School in Chaibasa, the missionary school of St. John's at Ranchi, and at [[Langat Singh College]] in [[Muzaffarpur]]. He subsequently attended the [[Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital|Darbhanga Medical College]], graduating in 1962.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

==Military service==
In 1962, during the [[Sino-Indian War]], Verma joined the [[Indian Army]]. He was commissioned into the Army Medical Corps in 1963 and served in areas including [[Himachal Pradesh]], Sikkim, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], Assam and [[Goa]].

Verma fought in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], and in 1984 took a permanent commission in the army. He was involved in [[Operation Bluestar]] in 1984 and the [[IPKF]] operations in [[Sri Lanka]] in 1988–1990, where he commanded the 404 Field Ambulance at [[Vavuniya]]. He took early retirement from active army service in 1990.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

==Later life and death==
After his retirement, Verma settled in [[Bhubaneswar]], Orissa, where he started a clinical practice. During this period that he regularly published novels, biographies, and contributions to Maithili magazines, as well as teaching [[biochemistry]] in a [[dental college]] in Bhubaneswar.

In 1999 he was diagnosed as suffering from [[prostate cancer]]. He died on 9 November 2003 in [[Bangalore]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}

==Personal life==
Verma married Pratibha Verma on 4 July 1965. The couple had three daughters and two sons. Verma was able to speak a number of languages including [[Urdu]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Assamese language|Assamese]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and knew the [[writing system|scripts]] of various Indian languages, such as old Maithili, [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Gurmukhi]], [[Odia script|Odia]] and [[Nepali language|Nepali]].

==Writing==
Verma began writing autobiographical and observational stories and poems while at school. He also wrote patriotic and motivational poems, published in various school magazines and occasionally in ''Mithila Mihir'', a magazine whose audience was the [[Kayastha]] community.

He began contributing regularly to various other Maithili magazines. His depictions of rural life were published as a short story collection entitled ''[[Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi]]''. He also wrote a [[social novel]], ''Nayanmani'', which was initially published in serial format in ''Mithila Mihir''. Pen names used by Verma included [[Binod|Vinod]] and Vinod Gopal.

In 1973, he published his magnum opus, ''Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan'', the result of months of extensive research on the fast disappearing ancient genealogical charts. The book is now the only surviving record of certain groups of [[Panjis]] which have now disappeared.

''Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan'' was followed by a long writing hiatus, until after his retirement from the Army. He published his previous works as collections. He also started contributing frequently to ''Karnamrit'', a new Maithili magazine, writing articles on folks songs of Mithila, the life and contribution of [[George Abraham Grierson]], the biography of Radha Krishna Choudhary, and the literary history of Maithili.

==Selected works==
*''[[Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan]]'' – a survey of the [[Panjis]] of the Karan Kayasthas of Mithila. 1973, Madhubani.<ref>[http://catalog.lib.washington.edu:2082/search/aVarm%7B229%7Da%2C+Vinoda+Bih%7B229%7Dar%7B229%7Di/avarma+vinoda+bihari/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=avarma+vinoda+bihari+1937&1%2C1%2C Lib.washington.edu]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*''Nayanmani'', a novel describing the rural scene in Post Independence [[bihar]].Initially published in parts in "Mithila Mihir" from February 1968 to April 1968. 1997, Bhubaneswar.
*''[[Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi]]'' – a short story collection on the village life of Mithila on the banks of the [[Kosi River]] and its tributaries. 1994. Bhubaneswar.<ref>[http://catalog.lib.washington.edu:2082/search/aVarm%7B229%7Da%2C+Vinoda+Bih%7B229%7Dar%7B229%7Di/avarma+vinoda+bihari/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=avarma+vinoda+bihari&1%2C1%2C Lib.washington.edu]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v3=1&ti=1,1&hd=0,0&SEQ=20071026124134&SC=Redirect%7CN&SA=Varma%CC%84%2C%20Vinoda%20Biha%CC%84ri%CC%84&PID=6768&SID=5 Loc.gov]</ref>
*''[[Tapasa vai Ganga]]'' – biography of Radha Krishna Choudhary. 1995, [[Bhubaneswar]].
*''Adim Purkha'' – translation of Sahitya Akademi award-winning Oriya novelist [[Gopinath Mohanty]]'s work "Dadi Burha". 2001, [[Sahitya Akademi]], New Delhi.
*''Vedmurti Taponishth SriRam Sharma Acharya'' – biography of [[Shriram Sharma Acharya]]. 2005, [[Bhubaneswar]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061126234900/http://www.mithilaonline.com/maithili.html Maithili Language:An Introduction]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061127035842/http://www.mithilaonline.com/music.html Tradition of music in Mithilia]

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