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अमृता प्रीतम | Amrita Pritam; About this soundlisten (help·info); 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. She is considered the first prominent female Punjabi poet, novelist, essayist and the leading 20th-century poet of the Punjabi language, who is equally loved on both sides of the India–Pakistan border. With a career spanning over six decades, she produced over 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and foreign languages. She is best remembered for her poignant poem, Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (Today I invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah"), an elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi poet, an expression of her anguish over massacres during the partition of India. As a novelist, her most noted work was Pinjar ("The Skeleton", 1950), in which she created her memorable character, Puro, an epitome of violence against women, loss of humanity and ultimate surrender to existential fate; the novel was made into an award-winning film, Pinjar (2003). When India was partitioned into the independent states of India and Pakistan in 1947, she migrated from Lahore, to India, though she remained equally popular in Pakistan throughout her life, as compared to her contemporaries like Mohan Singh and Shiv Kumar Batalvi. Known as the most important voice for the women in Punjabi literature, in 1956, she became the first woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for her magnum opus, a long poem, Sunehade (Messages), later she received the Bharatiya Jnanpith, one of India's highest literary awards, in 1982 for Kagaz Te Canvas ("The Paper and the Canvas"). The Padma Shri came her way in 1969 and finally, Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, in 2004, and in the same year she was honoured with India's highest literary award, given by the Sahitya Akademi (India's Academy of Letters), the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship given to the "immortals of literature" for lifetime achievement. she wrote her poems mostly for the partition Bibliography In her career spanning over six decades, she penned 28 novels, 18 anthologies of prose, five short stories and 16 miscellaneous prose volumes. Novel Pinjar Doctor Dev Kore Kagaz, Unchas Din Dharti, Sagar aur Seepian Rang ka Patta Dilli ki Galiyan Terahwan Suraj Yaatri Jilavatan (1968) Hardatt Ka Zindaginama Autobiography Black Rose (1968) Rasidi Ticket (1976) Shadows of Words (2004) Short stories Kahaniyan jo Kahaniyan Nahi Kahaniyon ke Angan mein Stench of Kerosene Poetry anthologies Amrit Lehran (Immortal Waves)(1936) Jiunda Jiwan (The Exuberant Life) (1939) Trel Dhote Phul (1942) O Gitan Valia (1942) Badlam De Laali (1943) Sanjh de laali (1943) Lok Peera (The People's Anguish) (1944) Pathar Geetey (The Pebbles) (1946) Punjab Di Aawaaz (1952) Sunehade (Messages) (1955) – Sahitya Akademi Award Ashoka Cheti (1957) Kasturi (1957) Nagmani (1964) Ik Si Anita (1964) Chak Nambar Chatti (1964) Uninja Din (49 Days) (1979) Kagaz Te Kanvas (1981)- Bhartiya Jnanpith Chuni Huyee Kavitayen Ek Baat Literary journal Nagmani, poetry monthly

धनपत राय श्रीवास्तव (31 जुलाई 1880 – 8 अक्टूबर 1936) जो प्रेमचंद नाम से जाने जाते हैं, वो हिन्दी और उर्दू के सर्वाधिक लोकप्रिय उपन्यासकार, कहानीकार एवं विचारक थे। उन्होंने सेवासदन, प्रेमाश्रम, रंगभूमि, निर्मला, गबन, कर्मभूमि, गोदान आदि लगभग डेढ़ दर्जन उपन्यास तथा कफन, पूस की रात, पंच परमेश्वर, बड़े घर की बेटी, बूढ़ी काकी, दो बैलों की कथा आदि तीन सौ से अधिक कहानियाँ लिखीं। उनमें से अधिकांश हिन्दी तथा उर्दू दोनों भाषाओं में प्रकाशित हुईं। उन्होंने अपने दौर की सभी प्रमुख उर्दू और हिन्दी पत्रिकाओं जमाना, सरस्वती, माधुरी, मर्यादा, चाँद, सुधा आदि में लिखा। उन्होंने हिन्दी समाचार पत्र जागरण तथा साहित्यिक पत्रिका हंस का संपादन और प्रकाशन भी किया। इसके लिए उन्होंने सरस्वती प्रेस खरीदा जो बाद में घाटे में रहा और बन्द करना पड़ा। प्रेमचंद फिल्मों की पटकथा लिखने मुंबई आए और लगभग तीन वर्ष तक रहे। जीवन के अंतिम दिनों तक वे साहित्य सृजन में लगे रहे। महाजनी सभ्यता उनका अंतिम निबन्ध, साहित्य का उद्देश्य अन्तिम व्याख्यान, कफन अन्तिम कहानी, गोदान अन्तिम पूर्ण उपन्यास तथा मंगलसूत्र अन्तिम अपूर्ण उपन्यास माना जाता है! 1906 से 1936 के बीच लिखा गया प्रेमचंद का साहित्य इन तीस वर्षों का सामाजिक सांस्कृतिक दस्तावेज है। इसमें उस दौर के समाजसुधार आन्दोलनों, स्वाधीनता संग्राम तथा प्रगतिवादी आन्दोलनों के सामाजिक प्रभावों का स्पष्ट चित्रण है। उनमें दहेज, अनमेल विवाह, पराधीनता, लगान, छूआछूत, जाति भेद, विधवा विवाह, आधुनिकता, स्त्री-पुरुष समानता, आदि उस दौर की सभी प्रमुख समस्याओं का चित्रण मिलता है। आदर्शोन्मुख यथार्थवाद उनके साहित्य की मुख्य विशेषता है। हिन्दी कहानी तथा उपन्यास के क्षेत्र में 1918 से 1936 तक के कालखण्ड को 'प्रेमचंद युग' या 'प्रेमचन्द युग' कहा जाता है। Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava, better known by his pen name Munshi Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century. Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 — 8 October 1936), better known by his pen name Munshi Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century. His novels include Godaan, Karmabhoomi, Gaban, Mansarovar, Idgah. He published his first collection of five short stories in 1907 in a book called Soz-e Watan. He began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand", Munshi being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the "Upanyas Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists") by writers. His works include more than a dozen novels, around 300 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi.

भगत सिंह (28 सितम्बर या 19 अक्टूबर 1907-23 मार्च 1931) भारत के प्रमुख स्वतंत्रता सेनानी क्रांतिकारी थे। उनका जन्म पिता सरदार किशन सिंह और माता विद्यावती कौर के घर एक जाट सिक्ख परिवार में गाँव बंगा, तहसील जड़ाँवाला, जिला लायलपुर, पंजाब (अब पाकिस्तान में) हुआ । अमृतसर जलियाँवाला बाग हत्याकाण्ड का उन पर गहरा प्रभाव पड़ा। उन्होंने देश की आज़ादी के लिए ब्रिटिश सरकार का मुक़ाबला किया। लाहौर में साण्डर्स की हत्या और उसके बाद दिल्ली की सेण्ट्रल असेम्बली में बम-विस्फोट करके ब्रिटिश साम्राज्य के विरुद्ध खुला विद्रोह किया। जिसके फलस्वरूप उन्हें २३ मार्च १९३१ को उनके दो अन्य साथियों, राजगुरु तथा सुखदेव के साथ फाँसी दी गयी।

Hem Barua (22 April 1915 – 9 April 1977) was a prominent Assamese poet and politician from Assam. Born on 22 April 1915, at Tezpur, Hem Barua obtained his M.A. degree from Calcutta University in 1938 and joined the J.B. College, Jorhat, in 1941 as lecturer in Assamese and English. He left it next year during the Quit India Movement and was imprisoned in 1943. On his release, he joined the B. Barua College, Guwahati, and later became its Principal. Hem Barua was the author of several books. He became the President of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in its annual session held at Dhubri in 1972 and was regarded as one of the pioneers of modern literary movement in Assam. Hem Barua left the Congress in 1948 and became a member of the Socialist party. Later he was elected to the National Executive of the Praja Socialist Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Gauhati in 1957 and 1962 and from Mangaldoi in 1967. He was the member of the Lok Sabha till December 1970.