Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari
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Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari (1895–1977) was a Punjabi novelist and short story writer with more than fifty books to his credit. 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, now the IIT Roorkee, he also studied civil engineering at Michigan University, Ann Arbor. US.
, Nanak Singh
, celebrity artiste 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 — with Preet Nagar.
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is a literary honour in India. Awarded by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, to the "immortals of literature," and limited to twenty one individuals at any given time, it is the highest literary honour conferred by the Government of India...
, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
in 1971.
Armed with an engineering degree from the Thomson Engineering College, now the IIT Roorkee, he also studied civil engineering at Michigan University, Ann Arbor. US.
Preet Nagar
Gurbaksh Singh established Preet Nagar township that was at equidistance between Amritsar and Lahore. Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari, through his personal charisma, brought people like Bhisham Sahni, Balraj SahniBalraj Sahni
Balraj Sahni , born Yudhishthir Sahni , was a famous Hindi film actor. He belonged to a Punjabi Khatri family from Bhera now in Punjab, Pakistan...
, Nanak Singh
Nanak Singh
Nanak Singh , born Hans Raj, was a poet, songwriter and novelist in the Punjabi language. His writing in support of India's independence movement led the British to arrest him...
, celebrity artiste Sobha Singh
Sobha Singh (painter)
Sir Sobha Singh is a well known contemporary painter from Indian Punjab.-Early life:He was born on 29 November 1901 in a Ramgarhia Sikh family in Sri Hargobindpur, Gurdaspur district of Punjab. His father, Deva Singh, was in the Indian cavalry....
and Diwan Singh, father of Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Arora of Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
war fame, apart from associating Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Sahir Ludhianvi
Sahir Ludhianvi
Sahir Ludhianvi was a popular Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist and songwriter. Sahir Ludhianvi is his pseudonym...
, Upendra Nath Ashq and Kartar Singh Duggal, playwright Balwant Gargi
Balwant Gargi
Balwant Gargi was a renowned Punjabi language dramatist, theatre director, novelist, and short story writer, and academic.-Early life:Balwant Gargi Born on December 4, 1916 in Neeta Khandan in Bathinda...
, poets Mohan Singh and Amrita Pritam
Amrita Pritam
Amrita Pritam was a Punjabi writer and poet, considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist, and the leading 20th-century poet of the Punjabi language, who is equally loved on both the sides of the India-Pakistan border, with a career spanning over six decades, she...
— the best talent of the time — with Preet Nagar.