Ghasi Ram Mahli Explained

Ghasi Ram Mahli (; 17 January 1859 – 1937) was an Indian Nagpuri-language poet.^[1] He was a poet under the patronage of Nagvanshi Lal Thakur of Thakurgaon. He was the first poet of the Nagpuri language, whose book was published in 1911.

Early life

He was born in Karkat village of Chanho block in Ranchi district to Bhado ram Mahli and Noni Mahli in a Mahli family.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Works

He was post master, then master. He was a poet. He was given patronage by Nagvanshi Lal Thakur of Thakurgaon.^[5] He was the first poet in the Nagpuri language, whose book was published in 1911. He wrote several poems including "Nag Vanshavali Jhumar", "Barahamasa", "Vivha Parichhan", "Nagpuri Faag Satak", "Durga Saptasati", "Lalana Ranjana", "Sita Swayambar", "Chandi Puran", "Ram Janam", "Sudama Charitra", "Sundarkand", "Usha Haran", "Nagpuri Fagua Geet", Shiv stuti etc.^[1]

Notes and References

1. News: कविता सबका दिल छू लेती थी: मुकुंद नायक. jknews. 2019-12-10. 2019-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306174910/http://www.jknews.in/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%9B%E0%A5%82-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AE/. dead.
2. News: चान्हो में महली जनजाति विकास मंच की बैठक. bhaskar.com.
3. News: अखिल भारतीय महली संघ की बैठक. livehindustan.com. hi.
4. Book: Jharkhand Samanya Gyan 2021. 978-9351867982. Manish Ranjan. books.google. 2021. Prabhat Prakashan . 4 April 2022. hi.
5. Web site: Nagpuri Shist Sahitya. 24 September 2022.