Rahul_Sankrityayan--Swami_Vivekananda

Rahul Sankrityayan (born Kedarnath Pandey; 9 April 1893 – 14 April 1963) was an Indian writer and a polyglot who wrote in Bhojpuri and Hindi. He played a pivotal role in giving travelogue a 'literary form'. He was one of the most widely travelled scholars of India, spending forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home.Born Hindu, he turned into a Buddhist monk (Bhikkhu) but eventually ended a Marxist atheist. Sankrityayan was an Indian patriot, having been arrested and jailed for three years for his anti-British writings and speeches. He is referred to as the 'Greatest Scholar' for his scholarship. He was a polymath and polyglot. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1963.