Padumlal Punnalal Bakshi


Padumlal Punnalal Bakshi was a Hindi essayist. He belongs to one of the three branches of Hindi Triveni of Rajnandgaon. His first translated story, "Fortune", was published in July 1911. After matriculating in 1912, he furthered his study at the Central Hindu College in Benaras. In 1915, his first essay, "Gold Extractor", was published in Saraswati magazine. Some of his famous books are Bhola Ka Jhola and Bhola Ki Sikh.

Early life

Bakshi was born on 27 May 1894 in Khairagarh, a small town in Rajnandgaon. His father Punnalal Bakshi came from a prestigious family in Khairagarh. His grandfather was Shri Umrao Bakshi. Bakshi's primary education was at Victoria High School, Khairagarh, under the guidance of mystical gurus like Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla, the first Chief Minister of India. From the beginning, the historian Lal Pradyuman Singh Ji of Khairagarh recognized the talent of Bakshi in writing and encouraged him to write. Since then, Bakshi worked on literature.
Bakshi's first story, "Tarini", was published in Hitkarini in 1911. A year later, in 1912, he passed the matriculation examination and was admitted to the Central College of Banaras for further studies. Meanwhile, he married Lakshmi Devi in 1913. In 1916, he completed his B.A.

Writings

Between 1929 and 1934, he wrote and published several textbooks, including Panchapatra, Vishwashitya, and Pradeep's Creation. Some of his important collections were published between 1949 and 1957: Some and Some, Yatris, Hindi Fiction, Hindi Literature Discourses, Scattered Pages, For You, Plot, and others.
His most famous collection of essays was published in 1968.

Awards and honours

In 1949, he was awarded the Sahitya Vachaspati from the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan. One year later, he was elected Chairman of Madhya Pradesh Hindi Sahitya Sammelan. In 1951, under the chairmanship of Dr. Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, there was a public reception for him in Jabalpur.
In 1969, Bakshi was awarded a Doctor of Letters from Dwarika Prasad Mishra of Sagar University.

Death

Bakshi died on December 18, 1971 at the D.K. Hospital in Raipur.