Kaka Hathrasi

Kaka Hathrasi was a noted Hindi satirist and humorist poet of India. His real name was Prabhu Lal Garg. He wrote under the pen name Kaka Hathrasi. He chose Kaka, as he played the character in a play which made him popular, and Hathrasi after the name of his hometown Hathras. He has 42 works to his credit, comprising a collection of humorous and satirical poems, prose and plays published by various publishers. He also wrote three books on Indian classical music under the pen name Vasant. In 1932, he established Sangeet Karyalaya , a noted publishing house for the books on Indian classical music and dance and started publishing a monthly magazine Sangeet in 1935, which earned a high reputation. Sangeet is the only periodical on Indian classical music and dance which has been continuously published for over 78 years. Kaka Hathrasi had many talents as a writer, poet, musician, musicologist, actor and a fine painter.. He was a regular performer of Hindi Kavi Sammelan. In fact, he was one

Kaka Hathrasi was born onSeptember 1906 in Hathras, a town in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh. Hathrasi wrote very sharp satires on social, religious and political evils, greed and corruption engulfing India at that time. His style of humour and satire made him popular and inspired new humourists.

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