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{{short description|Bhojpuri poet}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Dinesh Bhramar
| image = Dinesh Bhramar.jpeg
| alt =
| caption = Dinesh Bhramar reciting his poetry. [[Ajneya]] sitting left (30 December 1983 [[Bagaha]]).
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|06|26}}
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| nationality = [[India]]n
| other_names =
| known_for = [[Bhojpuri]] and [[Hindi]] [[poetry]]
| occupation = Agriculture
| education = M. A.
| alma_mater = [[Patna University]],
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'''Dinesh Bhramar''' is an eminent [[Hindi]] and [[Bhojpuri]] poet from [[Bihar]], [[India]]. He has been credited to introduce the [[Ghazal]] and [[Ruba'i]] in [[Bhojpuri]] literature.<ref>[Bhojpuri Padya Sangrah Ed. by SINGH (Lalan Prasad), CHAUBEY (Ganesh), and PANDEY ( Rasbihari ) Publish by [[B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University]] [[Muzaffarpur]] Year : 1972]</ref><ref>[http://www.kavitakosh.org/kk/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6_'%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0'#.UylHkqiSzed]</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Bhramar was born in 1939 in [[British India]] at [[Bagaha]], a small township in undivided [[Champaran]], [[Bihar]]. His father Pt. Gunjeshwari Pathak was a [[Sanskrit]] scholar and patron of classical arts. Bhramar graduated in Hindi literature from [[Patna University]] in 1961.

== Career ==
Bhramar taught Hindi Literature at M.J.K College, [[Bettiah]] as a lecturer (1961-1962) and later at Tata Workers College, [[Jamshedpur]] as a reader (1962-1966).

He, in various [[Kavi sammelan]], has shared the stage with several eminent Hindi poets such as [[Ramdhari Singh Dinkar]], [[Ajneya]],<ref>[Jan, Janak, Janaki, edited by Sacchidananda Vatsayan Ajneya Year : 1986]</ref> [[Gopal Singh Nepali]], [[Janki Ballabh Shastri]], [[Nida Fazli]], [[Bashir Badr]] and others. His poetical works were commended by [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]]<ref>[Geet Mere Swara Tumhare by Dinesh Bhramar, Sahitya Samgam, Motihari, Year : 1964]</ref> and [[Nazir Banarsi]]. Some of his Hindi poetic works have been selected for 'Navgeet Saptdasak' edited by Rajendra Prasad Singh and 'Dharati Se Judkar', edited by Satyanarayan. He is not very fond of publishing books, the only exception being ‘Geet Mere Swara Tumhare’ <ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=Al31lxbEmMMC</ref> published in 1961.

Besides the poetry works, Bhramar has been associated with various literary movements and organized several series of [[Kavi sammelan]] and [[Mushaira]] and other literary and cultural events for several decades in and around [[Champaran]] district.<ref>http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/poetry-from-literature-blog-janki-pul-1-783964.html</ref>

He has recited his poetical works for [[All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]] which have been also archived. He has also delivered several talks on [[Hindi]] literature at seminars/conferences conducted by the Central [[Sahitya Akademi]] and other prestigious organizations across the country.

[[File:Dinesh Bhramar with Nazir Banarsi and Bholanath Bimb.jpg|thumb|A photograph from Dinesh Bhramar's album. In the middle is Nazeer Banarasi, Dinesh Bhramar is sitting to the right of him and Bholanath Bimb is at left. They were amongst the prominent non-film lyricist of Hindi during the 1960s and 70s.]]

== Awards and recognition ==

He has been awarded the Gopal Singh Nepali Samman (2011), Bazme Adab (1999), Lok Shikar Samman (1998), Champaran Ratna (1993), Sahitya Saurabh Samman (1972), and several other awards for his contribution to [[Hindi]] and [[Bhojpuri]] literature.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.worldcat.org/title/gita-mere-svara-tumhare/oclc/23563131]
* [https://books.google.com/books/about/G%C4%ABta_mere_svara_tumh%C4%81re.html?id=Al31lxbEmMMC&redir_esc=y]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512022643/http://duniya.anjoria.com/2011/01/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%9B%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%86-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88/]

==External links==
*[http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/poetry-from-literature-blog-janki-pul-1-783964.html Some of the Hindi Gazals of Dinesh Bhramar on Aaj Tak/India Today website]
*[http://www.kavitakosh.org/kk/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6_'%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0'#.UylHkqiSzed Dinesh Bhramar's Bhojpuri Gazals on KavitaKosh]
*[https://archive.org/details/GeetMereSwarThumhareByDineshBhramar Geet Mere Swara Tumhare: A collection of Hindi poems (Navgeet) published in 1961]
*[https://archive.org/details/JagranKeGeetByGaneshVisharadDineshBhramarPandeyAshutoshPublishedIn1962 Jagarn ke geet Lohu ke chhand: Book published in 1962]
*[https://archive.org/details/ApneAurSapneALitereryJourneyOfChamparanByRameshChandraJha Author Rameshchandra Jha on Dinesh Bhramar, in his book on literary history of Champaran, Bihar]
*[http://www.dandavats.com/?p=11573 Memoir of an ISKON sanyasin who visits Dinesh Bhramar in 2013]
*{{YouTube|Z3eKPXoM_Nk|Dinesh Bhramar reciting his Navgeet at a Kavisammelan in Bagaha on centenary celebrations of Bihar, 2012}}

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