SUBRAMANIA BHARATI

About:

• Subramania Bharati (1882 – 1921) was a Tamil poet, Indian independence activist and a social reformer from Tamil Nadu.
  
  
• He is also known as ‘Bharathiyar’ and ‘Mahakavi Bharati’.
  
  
• He is considered as one of the pioneers of modern Tamil literature. He used Nondi Chindu in most of his works.
  
  
• His poetry covered political (related to Indian Independence movement), social (women and Dalit empowerment) and spiritual themes.
  
  

Subramania Bharati Award:

• Background: It was established by Central Institute of Hindi (Kendriya Hindi Sansthan) in 1989 on the name of Tamil writer Subramania Bharathi.
  
  
• Criteria: It is annually awarded by the President of India to a person for his/her significant services in development of creative/critical areas in Hindi.