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CHANCELLOR
H.E.Dr. Vishnukant
Shastri
Chancellor
Bundelkhand University,
Jhansi.
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| BIRTH |
2nd May, 1929,
Kolkatta. |
| PARENT |
Late Shri Gangeya
Narottam Shastri & Late Smt. Rupeshwari Devi. |
| EDUCATION |
- M.A. LLB, Education at Saraswat Kshatrita
Vidyalaya, Presidency College, Vidyasagar College, Kolkatta.
- First Class First in M.A., Hindi in
1952
- Conferred Honorary Degree in D.Lit.
by Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur on 31st January,
2000.
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| MARRIAGE |
26th January,
1953 to Smt. Indira Devi (deceased since 1988), Children One doughter-Smt.
Bharti Sharma. |
| PROFESSION |
Appointed Lecturer
in Hindi Department, Kolkatta University in 1953, Retired as Professor
from Kolkatta Univesity on 2nd May, 1994.
Associated with RashtriyaSwayamsewak Sangh since, 1944.
Remained President of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (Kolkatta
Branch), Shri Bada Bazar Kumar Sabha Pustakalaya, Anamika (a leading
cultural institution of (Kolkatta) and Bhartiya Janata Party. Remained
Vice-President of Bangiya Hindi Parishad, National Vice-President
of Bhartiya Janata Party, General Secretary of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Smarak Samiti, Secretary of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad and Trustee of
Bharti Bhavan, Bhopal, Remained Member of Senate, Kolkatta University,
Executive Committee, Bhartiya Hindi Parishad; Board of Studies, Hindi
Department, Allahabad University, Bangla Desh Sahayak Samiti, Hindi
Consultative. Committees of Home Ministry and Information and Broadcasting
Ministry (1977-79); Remained Member of Committee and Consultative
Committee (1992-98) Ministry of Human Resources Development and Parliamentary
Committee on official language (1994-98). |
| PUBLICATION |
Kavi Nirala
ki kavaya vedna tatha anya nibandh','Kuch chandan ki kuch kapur ki'
, Anuchintan,' (litrerary criticism), Tulsi ke heye heyri,' (essay
on Tulsidas), 'Banlga Desh ke sandarbh main,' (Reportaj), Smaran ko
patheya bana do', Sudhiyan us chandan ke van ki' (Travelogue and reminscence),
'Bhakti aur sharanagati', Gyan aur karma' (thought-philosphy), Anant
pat ke pathik- Dharamveer Bharti'. |
| TRANSLATION |
'Upma Kalidasasya'
(Bangla to Hindi), 'Sankalp-Santras-Sankalp'(Poetic translation of
Fiery poems of Bangla Desh), 'Mhatama Gandhi ka samaj darshan' (English
to Hindi). |
| EDITED |
- 'Darshak aur aaj ka Hindi rangmanch',
'Balmukand Gupt-ek-mulyankan', 'Bangla Desh; Sanskrit aur sahitya',
'Tulsidas: aaj ke sandarbh mein', Calcutta-1993', 'Amar aag hai'
(compilation of selected poems of Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee).
- Chief Editor of monthly magazine 'Ras
vrindavan' (1979-84)
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| LITERARY |
Participation in literary lecture series of the Universities
and cultural institutions of the country, Authority on Bhakti sahitya. |
| POLITICAL |
Elected member
of the West Bengal Assembly on Janata Party ticket in 1977 (1977-82),
Joined newly formed Bhartiya Janta Party in 1980, President of West
Bengal BJP (1982-86 & 1996-98); National Vice-President of BJP
(1988-93), Member Rajya Sabha (1992-98), Member National Executive
Committee, BJP (1980-99). |
| TRAVELS |
Surinam, Guyana,
Trinidad, America, Britain, France, West Germany, Italy, |
| ABROAD |
Bangla Desh,
Canada, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thiland. |
| AWARDS |
Acharya Ramchandra
Shukla Purushkar by U.P. |
| HONOURS |
Government on
his book 'Kuch chandan ki kuch kapur ki' in 1972-73, U.P. Governmen's
State Literary Award on his book 'Bangla Desh ke sandarbh mein; in
1974-75, Special Award by U.P. Hindi Sansthan on 'Smaran ko patheya
bana do; (1978-79), Special Award by Ramayan Mahotsava Pratishthan,
Chitrakoot, U.P. for his work on the literature of Tulsidas (1979),
Sahitya Bhushan Samman, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Samman, Rajrishi Tandon
Hindi Sevi Samman, Special lecturer on 'Ram Charit Manas mein gyan
aur karma' as Lecturer at Ram Krishan Mission Institute of Culture
(1979). |
| SPECIAL |
Reciting poems,
travelling, studies in education; litterature interest and philosophy. |
| OTHERS |
Significant
contribution in highlighting the problems of infilrators from Bangla
Desh in West Bengal. |
| PRESENT ADDRESS |
Raj Bhavan,
Lucknow, U.P. |
| PERMANENT ADDRESS |
280-Chitranjan Avenue, Kolkatta -700006, West Bengal. |
| Governer of
Himanchal Pradesh since 2nd December, 1999 and took oath as Governer,
Uttar Pradesh on 24th November, 2000. |
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