Sardar Panchhi

Sardar Panchhi reciting his poem
Sardar Panchhi

Sardar Panchhi (original name: Karnail Singh, born 14 October 1932)[1] is a famous Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi poet. Sardar Panchhi is his pen name। He has written several songs for Bollywood movies. Notable of them are "Ek Chadar Maili Si" and "Waris."[2]

Life

He was born (14 October 1932) and brought up at a village near Gujranwala, British Punjab (now in Pakistan). He was 13 when India got partitioned and he and his family had to migrate to India.[3]

Books

Sardar Panchhi has written seven books in Punjabi, nine in Urdu and two in Hindi.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, December 20, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.