Gopaldas Saxena (known by his nom-de-plume, Neeraj; 4 January 1925[3] – 19 July 2018[4]) was an Indian poet and author of Hindi literature.

[5] Gopaldas Saxena was born in the village of Puravali, near Mahewa in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, India, on 4 January 1925.

[citation needed] Several poems and songs written by Neeraj have been used in Hindi movies.

In a television interview, Neeraj called himself an unlucky poet who had to concentrate on the poetry form instead of writing songs for films.

[8] He noted in particular the deaths of Jaikishan of the music duo Shankar–Jaikishan, and S. D. Burman, for both of whom he had written highly popular film songs.