Nilamber Dev Sharma (October 6, 1931 – June 23 2020) was an Indian scholar and writer of Dogri and English literature, best known for his work, ''An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature'', the first publication in English about Dogri literature. The

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honored Sharma in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of

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Nilamber Dev Sharma was born to a Sanskrit scholar and a renowned astrologer, Madan Mohan Shastri, on 6 October 1931 at Jammu, British India. He graduated in English literature from the Government Gandhi Memorial College, Jammu (GGMC), continued his studies at the Hindu College, New Delhi from where he obtained a master's degree and started his career as an English lecturer in Kairana, Uttar Pradesh. He also secured an honours degree from the

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, UK. After a short stay at Kairana, Sharma moved to his ''alma mater'', the Government Gandhi Memorial College, in 1953. Two years later, he joined

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in 1961 as its deputy secretary and rose to the position of the secretary. Nilamber Dev Sharma was the first convenor of the Dogri Advisory Board when

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officially recognized Dogri in 1969. In 1972, Sharma resigned from the Academy and entered politics, a stay which was short lived. Sharma is a former director of the Amar Mahal Museum and Library and a former president of ''Dogri Sanstha''. He is credited with several publications including ''An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature'', ''A Brief Survey of Dogri (Modern) Literature'', ''An Introduction to Dogri Folk, Literature, Drama and Art'', ''Chete Kish Khatte'', ''Kish Mitthe'', ''Rishtey'' and ''Kahani di Tapaash'' He has edited a number of books for Dogri Sanstha, Jammu and has translated ''Iyaruingam'', an

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work by the novelist Birendera Kumar Bhattacharyya.

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