Srivastava ( Hindi pronunciation: [ʃɾiːʋaːstəʋ] ; Śrīvāstava ), also spelled variously as Shrivastava , Shrivastav or Srivastav , is a common surname found amongst the Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha (also known as North-Indian Kayastha) community of upper caste Hindus particularly in the Hindi-speaking regions of India. The North Indian Kayasthas were powerful components of the upper-bureaucracy and made highly influential urban elites under Hindu kings .
11-473: Agneepath or Agnipath may refer to: "Agnipath" ( lit. ' fire path ' ), a Hindi poem by Harivansh Rai Bachchan Agneepath (1990 film) , a 1990 Indian film by Mukul Anand, titled after the poem, starring Amitabh Bachchan Agneepath (2012 film) , a 2012 Indian film by Karan Malhotra, remake of the 1990 film starring Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt Agneepath (soundtrack) , soundtrack album of
22-483: A moment, my introduction) Srivastava Srivastavas are one of the twelve sub-clans of the North-Indian Kayasthas that were traditionally involved in record-keeping, administration and military services. They consider themselves as a de facto varna that arose to keep records of the four varnas that came before them. Traditions and occupations associated with them, and their belief in
33-606: A school, he and Teji decided the family's surname should be Bachchan instead of Srivastava , as both parents opposed the caste system . Thus, it became the legal surname of the family. He was close friends with the Hindi Cinema Thespian Prithviraj Kapoor . Bachchan was fluent in several Hindi languages ( Hindustani and Awadhi ). He incorporated a broadly Hindustani vocabulary, written in Devanagari script . While he could not read Persian script , he
44-500: Is the shortened form of Śrīvāstavya and thus derived directly from the Sanskrit root words Sri ( श्री ) "God" and vas ( वस् ) "to dwell" by adding the primary suffix tavyat which denotes an agent and causes the lengthening of the radical vowel. While the word Sri is used in Sanskrit as honorific prefix to the names of deities and vāstavya means "a resident, inhabitant"; thereby
55-700: The Padma Bhushan for his service to Hindi literature. Bachchan was born in Babupatti , United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in British India on 27 November 1907 into a Hindu Kayastha family. His family name was Srivastava . He began using the pen name "Bachchan" (meaning child) for his Hindi poetry. From 1941 to 1957, he taught in the English Department at the Allahabad University and then spent
66-519: The 2012 film Agneepath (TV series) , an Indian television soap opera Agnipath Scheme , Indian military recruitment scheme Agnipath Meri Atmakatha , Hindi translation of In the Line of Fire: A Memoir , 2006 autobiography by former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf See also [ edit ] Agni Pareeksha (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
77-481: The mythical roles assigned to Chitragupta , their progenitor , partly support this claim. Most of the recorded history, after the 10th century AD, of this clan is centred around Varanasi and present day eastern Uttar Pradesh and central India, as being influential during ancient empires and Mughal empire in the Indian subcontinent, earning such titles as Pandit , Thakur and Lala . The title Śrīvāstava
88-484: The next two years at St Catharine's College, Cambridge , completing a PhD on W. B. Yeats . Bachchan married Shyama in 1926 who died of tuberculosis in 1936. In 1941, he married Teji Suri . Their elder son Amitabh Bachchan was born on 11 October 1942, followed by their younger son, Ajitabh, on 18 May 1947. He had used the pen name Bachchan ("child-like" in colloquial Hindi), under which he published all of his works. When looking to get their elder son admitted to
99-547: The title Agneepath . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agneepath&oldid=1213976471 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harivansh Rai Bachchan Harivansh Rai Bachchan ( né Srivastava ; 27 November 1907 – 18 January 2003)
110-516: Was an Indian poet and writer of the Nayi Kavita literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature . He was also a poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan . He is best known for his early work Madhushala . He was the father of Amitabh Bachchan , and grandfather of Shweta Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan . His wife Teji Bachchan was a social activist. In 1976, he received
121-577: Was influenced by Persian and Urdu poetry , particularly Omar Khayyam . Bachchan's work has been used in movies and music. Couplets of his work "Agneepath" are used throughout the 1990 film Agneepath , featuring his son Amitabh, and also later in the 2012 remake Agneepath , starring Hrithik Roshan , as well as in the TV Serial Ishqbaaz . Miṭṭī kā tan, mastī kā man, kṣan bhar jīvan, merā paricay. (मिट्टी का तन, मस्ती का मन, क्षण भर जीवन, मेरा परिचय) (Body of clay, mind of fun, life of
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