Shrikrishna Saral
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Shri Krishna Saral (1 January 1919 – 2 September 2000) was an Indian poet and writer.[1] Most of his works are about Indian revolutionaries, 15 of which are mahakavyas (epics). He is hailed as a 'Yug-Charan' for his nationalist poetry reminiscent of the sacrificial traditions of Indian soldiers.[2] "Mai Amar Shahido ka Charan" composed by him is a very popular Hindi language poem.[3]
Sahitya Akademi of Madhya Pradesh confers the annual "Shri Krishna Saral Award" for poetry.[4][5]
Shri Krishna Saral was born on 1 January 1919 in Ashok Nagar in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh. His father's name was Shri Bhagwati Prasad and mother's name was Yamuna Devi. Saral worked as a Professor in Government School of Education, Ujjain. He was involved with Indian revolutionaries and after retiring from the post of teacher, he remained engaged in literature. He was decorated by various organizations with 'Bharat Gaurav', 'National Poet', 'Kranti-Kavi', 'Kranti-Ratna', 'Abhinav-Bhushan', 'Manav-Ratna', 'Best Kala-Acharya' etc.
He was inspired by Rajarshi Purushottamdas Tandon, and remained in contact with Vidyavati ji, mother of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, and was close to prominent revolutionaries, whom he made the subject of his literary activities. He called himself 'Shahido ka Charan' or 'Charan of the martyrs'. Well-known litterateur Pt. Banarsidas Chaturvedi stated that- 'Shri Saral has done proper Shradh of Indian martyrs.' The great revolutionary Pt Parmanand has said – 'Saral is a living martyr'.
In the latter part of his life, Saral was influenced by religion and spirituality and wrote three epics – Tulsi Manas, Saral Ramayana and Sitayan. Saral authored and published 124 texts including 15 epics, and had himself sold 500,000 copies of his works. He traveled to 10 countries with his own expenses for his research the India revolutionaries. To meet the expenses, Saral even sold his personal immovable property and wife's jewellery. Over the course of his life, he suffered five heart attacks.
Saral died on 2 September 2000.