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{{Short description|Indian writer, poet and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu
| native_name = लक्ष्मी नारायण सुधांशु
| office = 3rd [[List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|Speaker]] of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 15 March 1962
| term_end = 15 March 1967
| predecessor = [[Dhanik Lal Mandal]]
| successor = [[Bindeshwari Prasad Verma]]
| office1 = Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 1952
| term_end1 = 1957
| constituency1 = [[Dhamdaha Assembly constituency|Dhamdaha]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| birth_date = 15 December 1906
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1974|04|07|1906|12|15}}
| occupation = Writer, Poet, Politician
| awards =
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'''Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu''' (1906–1974) was an Indian writer, litterateur, poet, independent activist and political leader. He won the [[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] from an assembly seat in [[Purnia]]. He also held the post of Speaker of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] from 1962 to 1967. Sudhanshu is known for actively participating in the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942. He was imprisoned in Bhagalpur jail by the Britishers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sopam |first1=Reena |title=One upon a time in Bihar, writers and poets also contested elections |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/one-upon-a-time-in-bihar-writers-and-poets-also-contested-elections/story-j7ULi3mTiMOoHqcjTXwpBP.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=4 January 2023 |access-date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104112613/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/one-upon-a-time-in-bihar-writers-and-poets-also-contested-elections/story-j7ULi3mTiMOoHqcjTXwpBP.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=114वीं जयंती पर याद किए गए बिहार विस के पूर्व सभापति डॉ. लक्ष्मी नारायण सुधांशु |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/bihar/state/purnea/former-speaker-dr-lakshmi-narayan-sudhanshu-remembered-on-114th-birth-anniversary/bh20201216121032839 |publisher=ETV Bharat |date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=4 January 2023 |access-date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104112615/https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/bihar/state/purnea/former-speaker-dr-lakshmi-narayan-sudhanshu-remembered-on-114th-birth-anniversary/bh20201216121032839 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaiswal |first1=Sumita |title=जयंती पर याद किए गए बिहार हिंदी साहित्‍य सम्‍मेलन और बिहार विधान सभा के पूर्व अध्‍यक्ष लक्ष्मी नारायण सिंह 'सुधांशु' |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-former-speaker-of-bihar-assembly-and-hindi-literature-conference-laxmi-narayan-singh-commemorated-on-jayanti-21284015.html |publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]] |date=18 January 2021 |language=Hindi |archive-date=4 January 2023 |access-date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104112616/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-former-speaker-of-bihar-assembly-and-hindi-literature-conference-laxmi-narayan-singh-commemorated-on-jayanti-21284015.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Biography ==
=== Early life and education ===
Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu was born on 15 December 1906 in Rupaspur village, located in [[Dhamdaha Assembly constituency|Dhamdaha]] sub-division of [[Purnia district]]. In 1934, he did MA in Hindi from [[Banaras University|Kashi University]]. In 1962, he earned a degree of [[D. Litt]] from [[Bhagalpur University]].{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

=== Career ===
His first published novel was ''Matriprem''. He was elected an MLA in 1952 after winning an assembly seat in [[Purnia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dhamdaha: एक विधानसभा सीट से चुने जाते थे दो विधायक, कांग्रेस का था दबदबा |url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/history-of-dhamdaha-vidhan-sabha-constituency-bihar-assembly-elections-2020-tstb-1140356-2020-10-05 |publisher=[[Aaj Tak]] |date=5 October 2020 |language=Hindi}}</ref> In 1962, he was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the [[Bihar Vidhan Sabha]] and held the position from 15 March 1962 to 15 March 1967.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Abhishek |title=बिहार विधानसभा भवन के स्वर्णिम 100 साल: ऐतिहासिक भवन में इन 16 लोगों ने सुशोभित की स्पीकर की कुर्सी |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/patna/bihar-vidhan-sabha-bhawan-celebrates-100-years-complete-list-of-speakers-in-bihar-assembly-so-far/articleshow/87155652.cms |publisher=[[Navbharat Times]] |date=21 October 2021 |language=Hindi |archive-date=4 January 2023 |access-date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104115333/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/patna/bihar-vidhan-sabha-bhawan-celebrates-100-years-complete-list-of-speakers-in-bihar-assembly-so-far/articleshow/87155652.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> He also played an active role in the freedom struggle movement. In 1955, he established Kala Bhavan to promote literature, art and culture in [[Purnia]].<ref name=Google/>

From 1935 to 1938, he was the headmaster of Govardhan Sahitya Vidyalaya, [[Deoghar]]. At the same time, he was the editor of a quarterly magazine, ''Sahitya''. He was also the editor of the weekly newspaper ''Rashtra-Sandesh'' of Purnia district and Patna's monthly magazine ''Avantika''. He served as the President of the Hindi Pragati Samiti, established by the [[Bihar government]]. In 1939-40, he was the President of the Purnia District Board. In 1950, he was nominated as the President of the [[Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee]]. He is one of the founders of the Bihar Rashtrabhasha Parishad and was also a lifelong member of its board of directors. He started his literary career during his student life itself. He published a novel titled ''Bhatruprem'' in 1926, followed by ''Gulab Ki Kaliyan'' in 1928 and ''Rasrang'' in 1929.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhardwaj |first1=Dr. Virendra Kumar |title=आलेख - साहित्य समाज और राजनीति की त्रिवेणी |publisher=Rachnakar |date=January 2019}}</ref>

=== Death ===
He died in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], on 7 April 1974.<ref name=Google>{{cite book |author1=Dr. Manish Rannjan (IAS) |title=Bihar General Knowledge |date=21 July 2023 |page=122 |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |isbn=978-93-5488-490-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQqMEAAAQBAJ&dq=Laxmi+Narayan+Sudhanshu&pg=PA122}}</ref>

=== Commemoration ===
A biography book, ''Laxminarayan Sudhanshu Vyaktitva Aur Kratitiva'' (Laxminarayan Sudhanshu Personality and Works), was published in 2009 and written by Vanshidhar Singh.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Vanshidhar |title=Laxminarayan Sudhanshu Vyaktitva aur Kratitiva |url=https://koha.moes.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=61002 |publisher=Ministry of Earth Sciences |date=2009}}</ref> The Government of Bihar State has constituted an award after him, called Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu Prize, which is given to scholars who published Research papers related to the Hindi language and literature.<ref>{{cite news |title=Awards and Honours of Bihar |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/awards-and-honours-of-bihar-1481631895-1 |publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]] |date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=4 January 2023 |access-date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104115908/https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/awards-and-honours-of-bihar-1481631895-1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Books ==
* ''Matriprem''
* ''Kavya Me Abhivyanjanavad''
* ''Jeewan Ke Tattv Aur Kavya Ke Siddhant''
* ''Hindi Sahitya Ka Brihat Itihas'', [[Nagari Pracharini Sabha]], Kashi
* ''Pracheen Bharatiya Arya Raj Vans''
* ''Avantika'' (as magazine editor)
* ''Bhatruprem''
* ''Gulab Ki Kaliyan''
* ''Rasrang''

== See also ==
* [[List of people from Bihar]]
* [[List of Indian writers]]
* [[List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
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