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was first staged on the occasion of the tercentenary birth celebration of Shri Guru Gobind Singh at famous
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Singh wrote the scripts of Bole So Nihal, (a world-famous multimedia Sight & Sound
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Singh was born in 1914 at Chak # 576, near
Nankana Sahib (now in Pakistan) to father, Kirpa Singh, and mother, Rakkhi. He was sent to his ancestral village, Urapar in Jalandhar District, for education. After passing class 8th from the Govt. School, Chakdanna, Singh was sent to Khalsa School,
190:, Patiala, for 10 years, from 1965 to 1975. He held the post of chairman at the Punjab Sangeet Natak Academy from 1982 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1997. He was then appointed the chairman of Punjab Arts Council, Chandigarh, from 1999 to 2002.
265:(Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow). He was honored by Punjab Govt. as Shromani Sahitkar in 1974. Besides these decorations he was honored by more than a dozen national and international institutions. The feature film
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Singh Ghuman, Kapoor; Singh Kasail, Kirpal; Singh Lamba, Gobind, eds. (1974). "List of Books - Old".
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Indo-Aryan dynasties of the Punjab and
Himalayas for his thesis "Theatre Traditions in Punjab" from
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Jalandhar, for Matric (Class 10). Singh enrolled in B.A. at
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Punjabi Playwright Dr Harcharan Singh
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1513:1914 births
1498:2006 deaths
425:Ratta Sallu
275:Rani Jindan
249:. The play
239:Rani Jindan
209:Anjorh 1941
1482:Categories
1387:Sikhi Wiki
1186:References
1173:Navi Saver
680:Ambar Kala
340:Raja Porus
306:Book title
697:Aag Bujao
309:Publisher
227:Jafarnama
183:in 1943.
1408:14 March
1367:14 March
1337:14 March
91:Children
1260:6 April
194:Writing
81:Married
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374:Anjorh
287:Punjab
177:Maurya
312:ISBN
1447:ISBN
1410:2016
1369:2016
1339:2016
1310:ISBN
1283:ISBN
1262:2018
1230:ISBN
1170:1955
1153:1949
1136:1972
1119:1971
1085:1977
1068:1964
1051:1979
1034:1988
1017:1989
1000:1942
983:1944
966:1979
949:1957
932:1943
915:1940
881:1972
847:1997
796:1960
779:2006
762:2005
745:2004
728:1995
711:1992
694:1989
677:1984
660:1983
643:1981
626:1980
609:1979
592:1977
575:1975
558:1974
541:1973
524:1971
507:1969
490:1966
473:1961
456:1955
439:1954
422:1953
408:Dosh
405:1949
388:1943
371:1941
354:1939
337:1938
320:1937
245:and
162:Life
1179:NA
1162:NA
1145:NA
1128:NA
1111:NA
1094:NA
1077:NA
1060:NA
1043:NA
1026:NA
1009:NA
992:NA
975:NA
958:NA
941:NA
924:NA
907:NA
873:NA
839:NA
822:NA
805:NA
754:NA
703:NA
686:NA
669:NA
652:NA
635:NA
618:NA
601:NA
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550:NA
533:NA
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499:NA
482:NA
465:NA
448:NA
431:NA
414:NA
397:NA
380:NA
363:NA
346:NA
329:NA
300:No.
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1065:45
1048:44
1031:43
1014:42
997:41
980:40
963:39
946:38
929:37
912:36
904:NA
898:NA
895:35
878:34
870:NA
864:NA
861:33
844:32
836:NA
830:NA
827:31
819:NA
813:NA
810:30
793:29
776:28
759:27
751:NA
742:26
725:25
708:24
691:23
683:NA
674:22
657:21
640:20
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589:17
572:16
564:NA
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241:,
237:,
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