Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt'
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Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt', 7 August 1893 – 17 May 1983) was a poet and dramatist from northern India.
Guru Bhakt Singh was born in a royal rajput family Zamania, in a civil servant family. His father, Shri Kalika Prasad Singh, was a government doctor and held the charge of the Government hospital, Zamania-Ghazipur. After completing his primary education in Ballia and Gorakhpur, he came to Allahabad. Here he completed his B.A. and L.L.B.. After working as an advocate for some time, he switched to a government job. In Allahabad, he came in contact with many famous poets and writers. He was one of the knot of scholars of the Muir Central College, Allahabad which included luminaries like Dr. Amar Nath Jha.
He had two marriages. He was married to Van Shree Devi of Ballia while he was studying in intermediate. Vanshree Devi gave birth to a son named Guru Sharan Singh and died thereafter. Singh immortalised the memory of his first wife in the poem Van Shree Dhvani. His second wife was Shashimukhi Devi of Ballia with whom he had four sons (Kunwar Singh, Kanahaiya Singh, Anand Singh, and Arvind Singh) and four daughters (Nandini, Ratan, Chndrakala, and Shakuntala). His only living son, Anand Singh, was principal of Polytechnic[which?] and is a poet. He lives in Lucknow and has two sons (Ashish and Vaibhav) and one daughter (Shweta). His elder and younger both had two sons (Sarvagya, Shaurya, Priyansh & Shivansh).