Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Harivansh Rai Bachchan, born Srivastava, lived from 27 November 1907 to 18 January 2003 and was an Indian poet and writer of the Nayi Kavita literary movement of early twentieth century Hindi literature. He was also a poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan and is best known for his early work Madhushala. In 1976 he received the Padma Bhushan for his service to Hindi literature. He was the father of Amitabh Bachchan and the grandfather of Shweta Bachchan Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan, and his wife, Teji Bachchan, was a social activist.