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Balraj Bahri's wife, Bhag, played a significant role in the bookstore's operations, managing the cash counter and later taking early retirement from her government job to support the family business full-time. In 1978, their son, Anuj, joined the business, and Bahrisons Bookshop is currently run by
61:. Life as a refugee was challenging, and in the early years, Balraj and his brother took on various jobs to support their family. They worked on trains, sold pens, and engaged in the printing and distribution of government publications Initially working at a store in 112: 161: 84:
In 2002, Bahri expanded the operations to include a publishing house, Tara-India Research Press, and in 2008, added a literary agency called Red Ink Literary and Film Agency.
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was published by Anuj Bahri. An updated and revised edition, written by Bahri in collaboration with his daughter, the oral historian
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In Delhi, Balraj Bahri met his future wife, Bhag, who also came from a refugee background, having migrated from
301:"70 yrs of Bahrisons: How a maths student came to India after Partition & opened iconic Delhi bookstore" 380: 58: 69:, Bahri decided to open a bookstore. In 1953, with the help of Prem Sagar, owner of Lakshmi Bookstore in 8: 275: 252:"What led Delhi's Bahrisons to open a new bookshop in the capital during the pandemic?" 39: 354: 202: 169: 92: 54: 46:(now in Pakistan), along with his family, fled to Delhi. The family settled in the 113:"Delhi's Iconic Bahrisons Is Expanding Its Footprint In The Business Of Books" 374: 226: 206: 173: 95:, was published to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the bookshop in 2023. 62: 47: 66: 162:"Balraj Bahri, founder of Delhi's iconic bookshop Bahrisons, passes away" 74: 23: 27: 43: 349:
Bahri, Balraj; Bahri, Balraj; Smith, Debbie; Bahri, Anuj (2004).
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At its 50th anniversary in 2003, a history of Bahrisons, titled
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Malhotra, Rajni Bahri Malhotra & Anuj Bahri (2020-10-19).
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in 1947. Balraj Bahri Malhotra, a 19-year-old refugee from
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Index

Khan Market
New Delhi
Partition of India
Malakwal
Kingsway Camp
Dera Ismail Khan
North-West Frontier Province
Chandni Chowk
fountain pens
Janpath
Khan Market
Aanchal Malhotra
"Delhi's Iconic Bahrisons Is Expanding Its Footprint In The Business Of Books"
"How Bahrisons Delhi has been romancing books since 1953"
"Balraj Bahri, founder of Delhi's iconic bookshop Bahrisons, passes away"
ISSN
0971-8257
"Bahrisons Booksellers in Delhi's Khan Market is 70"
ISSN
0971-751X
"Delhi's Refugees: The Story of Bahrisons Bookshop"
"What led Delhi's Bahrisons to open a new bookshop in the capital during the pandemic?"
"Meet the Delhiwaala | The Bookstore Owner | LBB"
"70 yrs of Bahrisons: How a maths student came to India after Partition & opened iconic Delhi bookstore"
"A bookstore in Delhi has its own history"
ISBN
978-81-87943-46-4
Categories
Bookstores of India
Companies based in New Delhi

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