Editing Poet laureate (section)

==== India ====
In [[India]], poets laureate were maintained at the royal courts beginning in ancient times.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Altekar |first=Anant Sadashiv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gb3Z2UovOjkC |title=State and Government in Ancient India |date=April 2002 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |isbn=978-81-208-1009-9 |language=en}}</ref> For instance, in [[History of India|Ancient India]], [[Harisena]] was designated poet laureate by Emperor [[Samudragupta]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahajan |first=V. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eljzDwAAQBAJ |title=Ancient India |date=2022-01-03 |publisher=S. Chand Publishing |isbn=978-93-5283-724-3 |language=en}}</ref> During the 7th century, [[Harsha|Emperor Harsha]] proclaimed [[Bāṇabhaṭṭa]] as the poet laureate.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=T. R. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IRp1PKX0BXoC |title=Ancient Indian Literature: Classical Sanskrit, Prakrit, and apabhramsa |last2=Seshdri |first2=C. K. |last3=Gaur |first3=June |date=2000 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0794-3 |language=en}}</ref> [[Jayamkondar]] was made poet laureate by [[Chola Empire|Chola]] Emperor [[Kulottunga I]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |date=1999 |publisher=New Age International |isbn=978-81-224-1198-0 |language=en}}</ref> In the 10th century, [[Ranna (Kannada poet)|Ranna]] was the poet laureate of Western Chalukya Kings [[Tailapa II]] and [[Satyashraya]].<ref name="chav">Kamath (2001), p45</ref><ref name="ran">Sastri (1955), p356</ref> [[Adikavi Pampa]] was the court poet of [[Chalukyas of Vemulavada|Vemulavada Chalukya]] king [[Arikesari II]]. Also, in the 10th century, [[Ponna (poet)|Ponna]] received the title ''Kavichakravarthi'' (poet laureate) and ''Ubhaya-Chakravarthi'' (imperial poet in two languages) from Rashtrakuta king [[Krishna III]]. Padmagupta Parimala was a Paramama court poet.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tiwari |first=Shiv Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0gwfmPFTLgC |title=Tribal Roots of Hinduism |date=2002 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-81-7625-299-7 |language=en}}</ref> In the mid-11th century, [[Nannaya]] was the poet-laureate of [[Rajaraja Narendra]].

In the 15th century, [[Cherusseri Namboothiri]] was the court poet of Udaya Varma. During the 15th-16th centuries, [[Allasani Peddana]] was the poet laureate of [[Krishnadevaraya|Emperor Krishnadevaraya]] of [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara]]. In the 16th century, [[Shaikh Gadai Kamboh]] was the poet laureate in the court of Sultan of Sikandar Lodhi. In 1665, [[Nusrati]] was made a poet laureate by Sultan [[Ali Adil Shah II|ʿAlī II]] (<abbr>r.</abbr> 1656–1672) of the [[Adil Shahi dynasty|ʿĀdil-Shāhī dynasty]].<ref>{{harvnb|Haywood|1995}}; {{harvnb|Sharma|2020|p=409}}; {{harvnb|Saksena|1990|pp=39–40}}.</ref> During the [[Mughal Empire]], Emperor [[Akbar]] made [[Birbal]] the poet laureate.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mansingh |first=Surjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6HAeAgAAQBAJ |title=Historical Dictionary of India |date=2006-05-09 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6502-0 |language=en}}</ref> In the aforementioned empire's later history, [[Taleb Amoli]] was Emperor [[Jahangir]]'s poet laureate from 1618 to 1627,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taleb Amoli |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/taleb-amoli |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=iranicaonline.org |language=en-US}}</ref> and Emperor [[Shah Jahan]] appointed [[Jagannatha Panditaraja]] as the poet laureate during his reign.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sarma |first=Narendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vc_eBshVJf8C |title=Paṇḍitarāja Jagannātha, the Renowned Sanskrit Poet of Medieval India |date=1994 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-393-3 |language=en}}</ref> In the 18th century, [[Bharatchandra Ray]] was the court poet of Maharaja Krishnachandra.

[[Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq]] was the poet laureate of the final [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-21 |title=In the lanes of Zauq and Ghalib - Express India |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/in-the-lanes-of-zauq-and-ghalib/434583/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121091428/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/in-the-lanes-of-zauq-and-ghalib/434583/ |archive-date=January 21, 2012 |access-date=2024-09-23}}</ref> In the 19th century, [[Ghalib]] was appointed as the poet laureate of the Mughal Court.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Spear |first=Percival |date=1972 |title=Ghalib's Delhi |url=http://ftp.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ghalib/texts/txt_percival_spear_1972.pdf |access-date=25 October 2019 |website=columbia.edu}}</ref> In the Indian subcontinent [[Kashmir]], [[Mullah Nadiri]] was the poet laureate during the reign of [[Sultan Sikandar]] (1378–1416, reigned 1389–1413).

===== Andhra Pradesh =====
[[Sripada Krishnamurty Sastry]] was the first poet laureate of [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.<ref>p. 644, Land and people of Indian states and union territories : (in 36 volumes), by Shankarlal C. Bhatt, Gopal K. Bhargava, vol. 2, Kaplaz Publishers, 2006.</ref> [[Dasarathi]] served as the court poet (''aasthana kavi'') for the government of [[Andhra Pradesh]].

===== Jaisalmer =====
Alseedan ji Ratnu was the poet laureate (''raj-kavi'') of [[Jaisalmer State|Jaisalmer]] state.

===== Karnataka =====
In what was once the [[Western Chalukya Empire]], [[Nagavarma II]] was the poet laureate (''Katakacharya'') by Chalukya King Jagadhekamalla.<ref name="kataka">Narasimhacharya (1988), pp. 64–65, p. 19</ref><ref name="kataka1">Shastri (1955), p. 358</ref><ref name="upa">Kamath (2001), p. 115</ref>

===== Kerala =====
[[K. C. Kesava Pillai]] was the Poet Laureate of [[Travancore]] (located in present-day [[Kerala]] state). [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]] was the Poet Laureate of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2MqAQAAIAAJ |title=Journal of South Asian Literature |date=1972 |publisher=Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1950-11-22 |title=Poet laureate |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50039803?searchTerm=%22poet%20laureate%20of%22 |access-date=2024-09-21 |work=Courier-Mail}}</ref>

===== Madhya Pradesh =====
During the 15th century, [[Raidhu]] (who was born in [[Gwalior]]) was the poet laureate for the court of Dungar Singh and Kirti Singh.

===== Maharashtra =====
[[Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe]] was the poet laureate of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Jagtik kirtiche 126 sahityik">{{cite book |last1=Dr, Gadre |first1=Anuradha |title=Jagtik kirtiche 126 sahityik |date=2009 |publisher=Manorama |location=Pune}}</ref>

===== Tamil Nadu =====
[[Kannadasan]] was the poet laureate of [[Tamil Nadu]] at the time of his death.

===== Telegana =====
Sripada Krishna Sastry was the poet laureate during the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahender |first=Adepu |date=2017-03-23 |title=Century-old library lost in time |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2017-03-23/Century-old-library-lost-in-time/288514 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref>