Hari Singh Dilbar

Hari Singh Dilbar (c. 1929 – 3 May 2017) was a well-known South Asian Punjabi language writer and poet.

Born around 1929 in Layallpur, British Punjab (present-day Faisalabad, Pakistan) Dilbar has been writing and reciting poems since 1943.

Early life Dilbar was born as Hari Singh in 1929 in Layallpur (now Faisalabad), British Punjab.

Career He started writing poetry in 1943. With a long journey of reciting satirical poems at the Red Fort Delhi, he had recited his verses before Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru to Narendra Modi, whom he had regaled with his lively satires. He travelled a number of foreign countries ad recent visit was to Australia.

Death On 3 May 2017, he died of serious attack of diabetics at his residence in Sirsa City. Writers and poets from the state expressed condolence of his demise.