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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.

Indian writer

Born 1 March 1917

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  • Cover of: Iqbal: a selection of the Urdu verse : text and translation

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  • Cover of: Come back, my master and other stories

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  • Cover of: Sikh gurus: their lives and teachings

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  • Cover of: Alien heart
    First published in 1981 3 editions

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  • Cover of: Yugga kawī Mohana Siṅgha

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  • Cover of: Ammīṃ nūṃ kī ho giai.

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  • Cover of: Colī-dāmana
    First published in 1950 2 editions

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  • Cover of: Giani Gurmukh Singh 'Musafir'

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  • Cover of: God is: an excursion in search of truth about God

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  • Cover of: Phullāṃ dā sātha
    First published in 1986 2 editions

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  • Cover of: Nānaka nāma caṛhadī kalā

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  • Cover of: Paiṇage waiṇa dūṅghe: santāpa-grasata ajoke Pañjābī bhāīcāre dīaṃ kahāṇīaṃ

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  • Cover of: Pausha ke ṭhiṭhurate jāṛe meṃ

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  • Cover of: Tere bhāṇe
    First published in 1991 2 editions

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  • Cover of: Merīāṃ sreshaṭa kahāṇīāṃ

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  • Cover of: Mhājā nahīṃ moiā: [kahāṇīāṃ

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  • Cover of: Kisu pahi kholau gaṇṭhaṛī: swai-jīwanī

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  • Cover of: Kuṛī kahāṇī karadī gaī

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  • Cover of: Water sweet and other radio plays

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  • Cover of: Birth of a song
    First published in 1991 2 editions

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