The correct answer is: B. Mukutdhar Pandey
Mukutdhar Pandey was a Hindi poet and writer from Chhattisgarh. He was born in 1908 in the village of Pendra in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh. He was educated at the Government High School in Pendra and the Government College in Raipur. He started writing poetry at a young age and his first collection of poems, “Akash Ke Phool”, was published in 1932. He was a prolific writer and published several collections of poems, short stories, essays, and novels. He was also a journalist and worked for several newspapers and magazines. He died in 1982.
Mukutdhar Pandey was a pioneer of romanticism in Hindi poetry. His poetry is characterized by its lyrical beauty, its use of nature imagery, and its exploration of themes of love, loss, and longing. He was a major influence on the development of Hindi poetry in the 20th century.
The other options are incorrect because:
- Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh was a Marathi poet.
- Shrikant Varma was a Hindi poet from Uttar Pradesh.
- Lochan Prasad Pandey was a Hindi poet from Bihar.
- Banshidar Pandey was a Hindi poet from Madhya Pradesh.