death_place death_date religion birth_place awards nationality field portrait|birth_date article_title name alma_mater
varanasi , uttar pradesh , india 10 august 1999 hinduism ballia , uttar pradesh , india padma bhushan indian sanskrit 1899 10 10 yes baldev upadhyaya
 baldev upadhyaya banaras hindu university
baldev upadhyaya

baldev upadhyaya -lrb- बलदेव उपाध्याय , 10 october 1899 -- 10 august 1999 -rrb- was a renowned hindi , sanskrit scholar , literary historian , essayist and critic .
he wrote numerous books , collections of essays and a historical outline of sanskrit literature .
he is noted for discussing sanskrit literature in the hindi language .
earlier books related to sanskrit literature were often written either in sanskrit or in english .
