• Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' One of the greatest poet of Hindi and known as Rastra Kavi. He was from Simariya village of Begusarai District of Bihar. He was vice chancellor of Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur,Bihar. He was close friend of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. He got the prestious Jnanpith Award award for his famous poem
Urvashi and Sahitya Akademi Award for his book Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyaya. He was awarded the third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan also. His famous books are 'kurukshetra, Neel Kusum, Rashmirathi, Hamari Sanskritik Ekta, Dinkar ki Dairy.
        ख़म ठोक ठेलता है जब नर पर्वत के जाते पांव उखड
         मानव जब जोर लगता है पत्थर पानी बन  जाता है