*Mahadevi Verma,* passed away on 11 September 1987

*Mahadevi Verma,* passed away on 11 September 1987, was a Hindi poet, freedom fighter and educationist from India. She is widely regarded as the "modern Meera". She was a major poet of the "Chhayavaad", a literary movement of romanticism in modern Hindi poetry ranging from 1914–1938 and a prominent poet in Hindi Kavi sammelans.