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{{Infobox person
| name = Kaka Hathrasi
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| birth_name = Prabhu Lal Garg<ref name=pad/>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1906|09|18}}
| birth_place = [[Hathras]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1995|09|18|1906|09|18}}
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| occupation = satirist, humorist poet-writer}}

'''Kaka Hathrasi''' (18 September 1906 – 18 September 1995) was a [[Hindi]] [[Satire|satirist]] and [[List of humorists|humorist]] poet of India.

==Life and career==

Hathrasi was born as Prabhu Lal Garg. He wrote under the pen name ''Kaka Hathrasi''. He chose "Kaka", as he played the character in a play which made him popular, and "Hathrasi" after the name of his hometown [[Hathras]]. He has 42 works to his credit, comprising a collection of humorous and satirical poems, prose and plays published by various publishers.<ref name=pad/><ref>{{cite book |title=Hindustan year-book and who's who, Volume 53|publisher=M. C. Sarkar.|year=1985|page=276 }}</ref> He also wrote three books on Indian classical music under the pen name "Vasant". In 1932, he established ''Sangeet Karyalaya'' (initially Garg and Co.), a publishing house for the books on Indian classical music and dance and started publishing a monthly magazine ''Sangeet'' in 1935. ''Sangeet'' is the only periodical on Indian classical music and dance that has been continuously published for over 78 years.<ref>[http://www.sangeetkaryalaya.com/about-us.php About us] Sangeet Karyalaya website.</ref><ref name=cas>{{cite book |title=Cassette culture: popular music and technology in north India|author=Peter Lamarche Manuel|publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=1993|isbn=0-226-50401-8 |page=278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1JMZxYPNcYC&q=Kaka+Hathrasi&pg=PA278 }}</ref>

[[File:Banke Bhawan Residance of Kaka Hathrasi.jpg|thumb|300px|Banke Bhawan Residence of Kaka Hathrasi at [[Hathras]]]]

He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] by the [[government of India]] in 1985.<ref name=pad>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |quote=1985: 35: Shri Prabhulal Garg, alias Kaka Hathrasi |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |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 }}</ref> Today, each year, the Delhi-based "Hindi Academy" awards the annual ''Kaka Hathrasi Award'' for outstanding contribution in the literary field.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hindi Academy awards presented |url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/12/29/stories/2002122907060300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110164353/http://www.hindu.com/2002/12/29/stories/2002122907060300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 December 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Surendra Dubey gets 'Kaka Hathrasi' award|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_surendra-dubey-gets-kaka-hathrasi-award_1312391|publisher=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] |date=16 November 2009 }}</ref>

==Works==

===Humorous poetry===
* '' Kaka Tarang''. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd., 2005. {{ISBN|81-7182-513-3}}.
* ''Kaka Ki Chaupal''. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd., 2006, {{ISBN|81-7182-754-3}}.
* ''Jai Bolo Baiman Ki'', Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd., 2006. {{ISBN|81-288-0693-9}}.
* ''Mera Jeevan : A-One'' (Autobiography), Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd., 1993. {{ISBN|81-288-1015-4}}.

==Film production==
Kaka Hathrasi <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/hathras-11628748.html|title='हिंदी पढ़नी होय तो जाओ बेटे रूस'}}</ref> and his son Laxminarayan Garg made a [[Brij Bhasha]]-language feature film "[[Jamuna Kinare]]" (1983) which based on [[Braj]] culture. The film is made under the banner of "Kaka Hathrasi Films Production", produced, directed and music composed by Laxminarayan Garg <ref>sangeetkaryalaya.in/home/history</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exoticindiaart.com/Books/Hindu |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725193644/http://www.exoticindiaart.com/books/Hindu/ |archive-date=25 July 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and story was written by [[Ashok Chakradhar]] (Kaka Hathrasi 's son-in-law,husband of Kaka's niece, Ms ''Bageshri'')<ref>http://www.pravasiduniya.com/dr-ashok-chakradhar-birthday</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://sangeetkaryalaya.in Sangeet Karyalaya, Hathras' website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060515192518/http://www.india-world.net/entertainment/humor/hindi/kaka/index.html Brief introduction and a large collection of poems at IndiaWorld on the Net]
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* [http://www.kavitakosh.org/kk/index.php?title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80 Kaka Hathrasi at Kavita Kosh (Hindi)]
* [http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/hasya/kaka_hathrasi/index.htm Brief introduction and some poems at Anubhuti Hindi]

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[[Category:1906 births]]
[[Category:1995 deaths]]
[[Category:Hindi-language writers]]
[[Category:People from Hathras]]
[[Category:Indian satirists]]
[[Category:Hindi-language poets]]
[[Category:Indian humorists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education]]
[[Category:Indian publishers (people)]]
[[Category:Indian autobiographers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:20th-century pseudonymous writers]]

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