Doyen of Hindi poetry Gopal Das Neeraj no more

Doyen of Hindi poetry Gopal Das Neeraj is dead

Hindi poet Gopal Das Neeraj died on Thursday at the AIIMS trauma centre in New Delhi. He was 93. A Padma Bhushan awardee, Neeraj had suffered a head injury following a fall at his house in Agra and was undergoing treatment, said Dr. Rajesh Malhotra, chief of the trauma centre. The poet has written several songs for films.PTI

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