Sohan Lal Dwivedi (22 February 1906 – 1 March 1988) was an Indian poet,[1] Gandhian and freedom fighter,[2] known for his patriotic poems such as Tumhe Naman, a poem on Mahatma Gandhi, Ali Racho Chand, Khadi Geet, Giriraj, Nayanon ki Resham Dori se, Mathrubhumi, Prakriti Sandesh, Jay Rashtra Nishan, Re Man, Vandana and Himalay.
[3] Born on 22 February 1906 at Bindki, a small town in Fatehpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, he secured a master's degree (MA) in Hindi and did higher studies in Sanskrit.
[4] He published several anthologies[5] like Bhairavi, Pooja Geet, Prabhati, Yugadhar, Kunal, Chetna and Basuri.
He was deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and in the following lines he described Gandhiji's popularity.
Considered as a national poet,[4] he was honoured by the Government of India in 1970 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.