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Balwant Gargi
Indian dramatist and theatre director
Balwant Gargi | |
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Gargi, New Delhi. Books by balwant gargi novels1992. | |
| Born | (1916-12-04)4 December 1916 Sehna, Barnala (Punjab) |
| Died | 21 April 2003(2003-04-21) (aged 86) Mumbai, India |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Theatre Director |
| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (1962) Padma Shri (1972) Sangeet Natan Akademi Award (1998) |
Balwant Gargi (4 December 1916 – 21 April 2003)[1] was an Indian Punjabi language dramatist, theatre director, novelist, short story writer, and academic.[2]
Early life
On 4 December 1916, in Canal House in Sehna, Barnala (Punjab), Balwant Gargi was born in a house near the Sirhind Canal, famous for being the spot where Razia Sultana was imprisoned.
The second son in the family of Shiv Chand Garg, a head clerk in the Irrigation Department, he would go on create history in the world of Indian and Punjabi literature.
Gargi studied at Government College Lahore, and completed his M.A.