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Kartar Singh Duggal

Kartar Singh Duggal was born in Dhamal, Rawalpindi District (now in Pakistan). He is married to Ayesha Duggal. He received an M.A. degree in English from Forman Christian College in Lahore.

In 1942, Duggal worked for All India Radio (AIR). He was station director, and he wrote and produced programmes in Punjabi and other languages. During this time, he also wrote many plays. In 1966, he left AIR to become the Secretary/Director of the National Book Trust of India. In 1973, he became an Information Advisor at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. In 1984 he was nominated Fellow of the Punjabi University. In 1997 he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha (Indian Parliament Upper House).

Over the course of his career, Duggal has published twenty four collections of short stories, ten novels, seven plays, seven works of literary criticism, two poetry collections and an autobiography. His works have been translated into Indian and foreign languages.

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Indian writer

Born 1 March 1917

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  • Cover of: Yah kiska lahu gira hai?

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Life & Times of Guru Nanak (The Great Teachers of Mankind)

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  • Cover of: Whom to tell my tale: an autobiography

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    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Yāda karadiāṃ

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  • Cover of: Understanding the Sikh psyche: reflections on the current Punjab crisis

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  • Cover of: Ranjit Singh, a secular Sikh sovereign

    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Ammrita bāṇī: Srī Gurū Grantha Sāhiba te Srī Dasama Grantha dī bāṇī wicoṃ coṇa

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  • Cover of: Banked fires and other stories.

    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Death of a song and other stories

    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Orphans of the storm: stories on the Partition of India

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  • Cover of: The masters and other short stories

    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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Indian writer

Born 1 March 1917

Subjects

Fiction, Biography, Translations into English, Panjabi Authors, History, Social life and customs, Authors, Panjabi, Criticism and interpretation, Sikhism, History and criticism, Indic Short stories, Sikh gurus, Sikhs, Panjabi Short stories, Panjabi literature, Poetry, Politics and government, Statesmen, Book industries and trade, Broadcasting, Civilization, Congresses, Contemporaries, Correspondence, Doctrines

Places

India, Punjab (India), Bangladesh, Punjab

People

Kartar Singh Duggal (1917-), Kartar Singh Duggal (1917-2012), Ranjit Singh Maharaja of the Punjab (1780-1839), Guramukha Siṅgha Musāfara (1899-1976), Guramukha Siṅgha Musāfira (1899-1976), Mohan Singh (1905-), Muhammad Iqbal Sir (1877-1938), Muḥammad Farīdulḥaq, Nanak Guru (1469-1538), Nānak Guru (1469-1538), Pritam Singh (1916-)

Time

20th century, 1919-1947, Partition, 1947, Revolution, 1971

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Alternative names

  • Kartar Singh Dugal
  • K. S. Duggal
  • Karter Singh Duggal
  • Katar Singh Duggal
  • Karta Singh Duggal
  • Duggal, Karta Singh, 1917-

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
May 10, 2012 Edited by Amarjit Chandan Added new photo
May 10, 2012 Edited by Amarjit Chandan Update photos
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import