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Parashuram Pandey (1900 – 1980) was an Indian poet, writer. His poetry was inspirational for India's freedom movement against British Raj. He composed in Hindi under pen names Vishvambhar during India's independence movement. His famous creations are "Wah Shakti Humein do daya Nidhe", "Bandhav Jhanda Geet", "Kavya Kalika", "Hari Kirtan", "Aalamgir ke Majar Par" etc.

Early life

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Pt. Parashruram Pandey was born in 1900 (Vikram Samvat:1956), village Dwari, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Only son to his father, Pt. Vashishth Prasad Pandey (a Sanskrit scholar and a known practitioner of Hindu astrology). Pt. Vashishth Prasad had a lot of disciples and was a famous personality in his area, but died early when Pt. Parashruram was only age 16. Due to the family situation, Pt. Parashruram started teaching to fill in for himself and family. Soon he transferred to Rewa district from his village looking for better opportunities, and became head master in Chopra School in Rewa city. He soon became superintendent of government press of Rewa (princely state), and continued to work for the institution until he retired from the job.

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