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List Of Punjabi Authors
This page is a list of noteworthy Punjabi authors, who were born or lived in the Punjab, or who write in the Punjabi language. Chronological list The Beginning Of Punjabi Literature First and the foremost poems of Punjabi language was of Nath-Yogi in origin. 12th century * Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1173–1266) 15th- 16th century * Guru Nanak (15 April 1469 - 22 Sept 1539) 16th century * Bhai Gurdas (1551–1636) * Damodar Das Arora 17th century * Sultan Bahu (1628–1691) * Bhai Nand Lal (1633–1713) * Bhai Mani Singh (1366–1737) * Bulleh Shah (1680–1757) 18th century * Waris Shah (1722–1798) * Hashim (1735–1843) * Shah Mohammad (1780–1862) * Ratan Singh Bhangu (died 1846) 19th century * Pundit Tara Singh (1822–1891) * Shardha Ram Phillauri (1837–1881) * Kahn Singh Nabha (1861–1938) * Akali Kaur Singh (1866–1953) * Bhai Vir Singh (1872–1957) * Kripa Sagar (1875–1939) * Dhani Ram Chatrik (1876–1954) * Bhai Randhir Singh (1878–1961) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab Region
Punjab (; Punjabi Language, Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also Romanization, romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Geography of Pakistan, Pakistan and northwestern Geography of India, India. Punjab's capital and largest city and historical and cultural centre is Lahore. The other major cities include Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Sialkot, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, and Bahawalpur. Punjab grew out of the settlements along the five rivers, which served as an important route to the Near East as early as the ancient Indus Valley civilisation, Indus Valley civilization, dating back to 3000 BCE, and had numerous Indo-Aryan migration, migrations by the Indo-Aryan peoples. Agriculture has been the major economic feature of the Punjab and has therefore formed the foundation of Punjabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahn Singh Nabha
Kahn Singh Nabha (30 August 1861 – 24 November 1938) was a Punjabi Sikh scholar, writer, anthologist, lexicographer, and encyclopedist. His most influential work, Mahan Kosh, inspired generations of scholars after him. He also played a role in the Singh Sabha movement. Biography He was born into a Sikh family to Narain Singh and Har Kaur at the village of Sabaz Banera, located in what was then Patiala State. His father, Narain Singh succeeded to the charge of Gurdwara Dera Baba Ajaypal Singh at Nabha, after the death of his grandfather Sarup Singh in 1861. Kahn Singh was the eldest of three brothers (the other two being Meehan Singh and Bishan Singh) and one sister (Kahn Kaur). He did not attend any school or college for formal education, but studied several branches of learning on his own. By the age of 10 he was able to quote freely from the Guru Granth Sahib and Dasam Granth. In Nabha, he studied Sanskrit classics with local pandits and studied under the famous musicologist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhagat Puran Singh
Bhagat Puran Singh (4 June 1904 – 5 August 1992) was an Indian writer, environmentalist, and philanthropist. As a young man he decided to dedicate his life to humanitarian work, and in 1947, he established Pingalwara, a home for the sick and disabled in Amritsar. He was also an environmental campaigner, raising awareness of pollution and soil erosion and writing many books about environmental topics. Early life Bhagat Puran Singh was born in Rajewal ( Rohno) Ludhiana district, Punjab. Born into a Hindu family, he was given the name Ramji Das as a child, but later in his childhood converted to Sikhism, taking the name Bhagat Puran Singh. After the death of his father, his mother encouraged him to finish the matric level of education, which would allow him to obtain a government job. His mother worked as a domestic help in the house of a doctor at Montgomery (Sahiwal), in part to pay for her son's education. Later, she moved to Lahore, where she cleaned utensils in households, se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partap Singh
Giani Partap Singh (Punjabi: ਗਿਆਨੀ ਪ੍ਰਤਾਪ ਸਿੰਘ; 3 January 1904 – 10 May 1984) was a Sikh priest and Panjabi writer. He served as the first acting Jathedar of Akal Takht from 19 December 1937 to 1948 and 19th Jathedar of Akal Takht from 1952 to 15 February 1955. Early life and career Partap Singh was born on 3 January 1904, at Nara village in Rawalpindi division of Punjab (region), Panjab, Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India. His father was Makhan Singh Sasan and mother Mathura Devi. His grandfather, Sundar Singh served in the army of Ranjit Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Between 1909 and 1918, Singh completed 5 years of education at the local primary school in Nara and further education at the middle school in Bishan Daur. Near the completion of his primary education, he took the vows of the Khalsa and became an initiated Sikh. Subsequently, for some 3 years he studied Sikh literature and attended the services of Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaswant Singh (Khoji)
Jaswant Singh Khoji (also known as Bauji) was the founder of Braham Bunga Trust and Naam Simran congregation camps at Dodra. Background At the age of 24, while serving as a clerk in the Indian Army in Burma, Jaswant Singh became impressed by the writings of Sikh scholars Professor Puran Singh and Bhai Vir Singh. He was baptized at Sri Akal Takhat Sahib Amritsar, and started conducting his life according to the principles of the Sikh religion. Upon retirement from the Army, he founded the Sikh congregation camps movement with former army companions from Myanmar. Khoji never intentionally promoted himself or his works. He lived his final days in relative solitude, restricting himself to his home and the company of a few friends. During a visit to Calgary in 1981, he spread the movement of periodic Sikh congregations for Kirtan and Naam Simran to the United States, Canada, and other countries. Works Spiritual congregations Held all over the world: India: New Delhi Patiala Mumbai H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanak Singh
Nanak Singh, (b. 4 July 1897 as Hans Raj – 28 December 1971), was an Indian poet, songwriter, and novelist of the Punjabi language. His literary works in support of India's independence movement led the British to arrest him. He published novels that won him literary acclaim. Early life Nanak Singh was born to a poor Punjabi Hindu family in the Jhelum district of Pakistan as 'Hans Raj'. He later changed his name to Nanak Singh after adopting Sikhism. Although he did not receive a formal education, he started writing at an early age by writing verses on historical events. Later, Singh started to write devotional songs, encouraging Sikhs to join the Gurdwara Reform Movement. In 1918, he published his first book ''Satguru Mehma'', which contained hymns in praise of the Sikh Gurus. It is considered his first commercially successful literary work. Indian Independence movement On 13 April 1919 British troops shot and killed 379 peaceful rally participants in what became known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari
Gurbaksh Singh (1895–1977) was an Indian novelist and short story writer with more than fifty books to his credit in Punjabi. He is also considered the father of modern Punjabi prose and received Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, New Delhi in 1971. Armed with an engineering degree from the ''Thomson Engineering College'' (present day IIT Roorkee), he also studied Civil Engineering at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Preet Nagar Gurbakhsh Singh established ''Preet Nagar'' township that was equidistant between Amritsar and Lahore. Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari, through his personal charisma, brought people like Balraj Sahni, Nanak Singh, artist Sobha Singh and Diwan Singh, father of Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Arora of Bangladesh war fame, apart from associating Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Sahir Ludhianvi, Upendra Nath Ashq and Kartar Singh Duggal, playwright Balwant Gargi, poets Mohan Singh and Amrita Pritam: the best talent of the time — to Preet Nagar. The martyr Diwan Singh Kalepani, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahib Singh
Sahib Singh (Gurmukhi: ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਿੰਘ) (16 February 1892 – 29 October 1977) was a Sikh academic who made a contribution to Sikh literature. He was a grammarian, author, scholar and theologian. He was born in a Hindu family to father Hiranand and was named Natthu Ram. Early life As a youth, Natthu Ram was apprenticed to a Muslim teacher, Hayat Shah, son of Punjabi poet Hashim, to teach him the Persian language. Whilst at junior school, he saw Sikh soldiers and was so impressed with them that he decided to keep unshorn hair. In 1906, when he was in the ninth grade he became Amritdhari and gave himself the name of "Sahib Singh". At that time he stopped learning Persian and started learning Sanskrit, which later on helped him in understanding Guru Granth Sahib. Later life After passing the tenth grade, Sahib Singh joined a local school. Later he applied for a job with the postal department, and got the job, borrowing 20 Rs from his house maid as traveling exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhai Jodh Singh
Bhai Jodh Singh ( pa, ਭਾਈ ਜੋਧ ਸਿੰਘ, hi, भाई जोध सिंघ, 1882–1981) was a Sikh theologian, author, mentor and social activist. He played an important role in the Singh Sabha movement. He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan. See also * Sikhism Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , from pa, ਸਿੱਖ, lit=disciple', 'seeker', or 'learner, translit=Sikh, label=none),''Sikhism'' (commonly known as ''Sikhī'') originated from the word ''Sikh'', which comes fro ... References External linksBhai Jodh Singh materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) 1882 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puran Singh
Professor Puran Singh ( pa, ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਪੂਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ; 17 February 1881 – 31 March 1931) was a List of Punjabi language poets, Punjabi poet, scientist and mystic. Born in Abbottabad, now in Pakistan, in a Sikh family, he is acclaimed as one of the founders of modern Punjabi poetry.Jaspal Singh"Spiritual journey of Prof Puran Singh" ''The Sunday Tribune'', 24 November 2002 He passed his matriculation examination at the Mission High School Rawalpindi in 1897 and, after obtaining a scholarship for the years 1900 to 1903, obtained a degree in Industrial Chemistry from Tokyo University in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Though a born Sikh he became a Buddhist Bhikshu and a sanyasi under influence of Ukakura a Japanese Buddhist monk and Swami Ramtirath respectively before he finally got settled as a Sikh mystic when he came under influence of Bhai Vir Singh during a Sikh Educational Conference meeting at Sialkot in 1912. As mystic Four crucial events—his Japanese experience, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhai Randhir Singh
Bhai Sahib Bhai Randhir Singh ji (1878–1961) was a Sikh leader who started the Gurdwara Sudhaar Movement, and founded the Akhand Kirtani Jatha. Life Bhai Sahib Bhai Randhir Singh ji was born as Basant Singh in Narangwal, Ludhiana district, Punjab on July 7, 1878 in a Sikh Jat family. His father Natha Singh worked as a District Inspector of Schools and as a Judge in the High Court of the State of Nabha. He completed his schooling in Nabha and higher education from Government and Foreman Christian Colleges at Lahore. Singh wrote various books on Sikh theology, philosophy, and the Sikh way of life. He was charged in 1914 with waging war against the British Crown and had to undergo life-imprisonment from 1914 to 1931. He died on Vaisakhi, April 13, 1961 and his cremation took place at the lake between Gujjrawal and Narangwal Narangwal is a village in Ludhiana Punjab, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhani Ram Chatrik
Dhani Ram Chatrik (4 October 1876 – 18 December 1954) was an Indian poet and typographer. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern Punjabi language, Punjabi poetry. He promoted Punjabi culture, language and publications through his life. In 1926, he became the President of Punjabi Sahit Sabha, a Punjabi Literary Society. Early life He was born in village Pasian-wala, district Sheikhupura (now in Pakistan). His father Pohu Lal, was an ordinary shopkeeper. His father moved to village Lopoke in search for work. His father taught him Gurmukhi and Urdu scripts. Dhaniram grew fond of calligraphy and went to Bombay to learn Gurmukhi typography. Though a Hindu by birth, he became an admirer of the Sikh faith after he came in contact with the major Punjabi poet of that era Bhai Vir Singh. After this meeting he felt inspired to write verses in the Punjabi Language. Partial bibliography * ''Chatrik authored Fullan Di Tokri'' (1904) * ''Bharthri Hari Bikramajit'' (1905) * ''Nal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
