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

    First published in 1956 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Come back, my master and other stories

    First published in 1978 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Sikh gurus: their lives and teachings

    First published in 1980 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1981 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Yugga kawī Mohana Siṅgha

    First published in 1985 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Ammīṃ nūṃ kī ho giai.

    First published in 1982 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1950 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Giani Gurmukh Singh 'Musafir'

    First published in 1982 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: God is: an excursion in search of truth about God

    First published in 2001 — 2 editions
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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

    First published in 1989 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Paiṇage waiṇa dūṅghe: santāpa-grasata ajoke Pañjābī bhāīcāre dīaṃ kahāṇīaṃ

    First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Pausha ke ṭhiṭhurate jāṛe meṃ

    First published in 1995 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Tere bhāṇe

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Merīāṃ sreshaṭa kahāṇīāṃ

    First published in 1980 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Mhājā nahīṃ moiā: [kahāṇīāṃ

    First published in 1970 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Kisu pahi kholau gaṇṭhaṛī: swai-jīwanī

    First published in 1985 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Kuṛī kahāṇī karadī gaī

    First published in 1943 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Water sweet and other radio plays

    First published in 2010 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Birth of a song

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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Indian writer

Born 1 March 1917

Subjects

Fiction, Biography, Translations into English, Panjabi Authors, History, Social life and customs, Sikhism, Authors, Panjabi, Criticism and interpretation, 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