Manoranjan Prasad Sinha


Manoranjan Prasad Sinha was a Bhojpuri poet, author and professor and Principal of Rajendra College, Chapra. He is famous for his Bhojpuri poem Firangia, which he wrote in 1921 during Non-cooperation movement. He was also elected as the president of 18th Bihar Hindi Sammelan at Motihari.

Life

He was born on 10th October 1900 and after completing his higher studies he became Reader at Banaras Hindu University. Later he became the Principal of Rajendra College at Chhapra. He spent his last years of life at an Ashram in Vrindavan. In the month of November in 1971 he died in Ranchi.

Works

Bhojpuri