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Ramdhari Singh Dinkar was born  on this day, September 23, in the year 1908.

▪️Some important facts:

• Dinkar's poetry was greatly influenced by Rabindranath Tagore and Muhammad Iqbal.
•His political thought was greatly shaped by both Mahatma Gandhi and Karl Marx.
• A poet of great gutso, he was extremely popular during his life time. His poetry exuded 'veer rasa' and had the ability to inspire any nationalist.
• His famous works include Urvashi, Kurukshetra, Krishna Ki Chaetavani, Samdheni, Rashmirathi, Sanskriti ke Chaar Adhyaye and Parshuram ki Pratiksha etc.

Awards:
• He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1959 for his work Sanskriti ke char adhyay.
• The government had honoured him with the Padma Bhushan Award in the year 1959 and had also nominated him thrice to the Lok Sabha.
• He was awarded the Jnanpith Award in 1972 for Urvashi.

🔶Bhikaji Cama was an indomitable lady who played an important role in the early years of India’s freedom struggle.

▪️More about her Life:
- Bhikaji Cama was born on September 24,1861 into a Parsi family.
- Influenced by an environment in which the Indian nationalist movement was taking root, she was drawn towards political issues from a very early age.
- She spent most of her time in philanthropic activities and social work.
- In 1896, she helped the victims of bubonic plague in the Bombay Presidency.
- She caught the disease herself & was advised to go to Europe for rest and recuperation. In 1902, Bhikaji left for London.
- There, she met Dadabhai Naoroji, and began working for the Indian National Congress.
- She also came in contact with other Indian nationalists, including Lala Har Dayal, and Shyamji Krishnavarma, and addressed several meetings in London’s Hyde Park.
- During her stay in London, she got a message from the British that her return to India would be prohibited unless she would sign a statement promising not to participate in nationalist activities.
- She refused & remained in exile in Europe.
- She relocated to Paris, where; together with Singh Rewabhai Rana and Munchershah Burjorji Godrej, she co-founded the Paris Indian Society.
- Bhikaji went to US where she traveled a lot, informing Americans about India’s struggle for independence. 
- She also fought for the cause of women and often stressed on the role of women in building a nation.

Literary Works
- Together with other members of the movement in exile, she wrote, published and distributed revolutionary literature for the movement, including Bande Mataram & Madan's Talwar.
- Banned in India and Britain, she sent the weekly magazines to Indian revolutionaries.

The most Notable Contribution
- On August 22, 1907, Madam Bhikaji Cama became the first person to hoist Indian flag on foreign soil in Stuttgart in Germany.
- The flag she unfurled was co-designed by Cama and Shyamji Krishna Varma.