About Ishwar Chander Nanda
Lived 1892 – 1965 (aged 72). Ishwar Chander Nanda was an Indian writer and playwright.
Ishwar Chand Nanda (30 September 1892 – 3 September 1965 ) was an Indian academic and dramatist, known as the father of Punjabi drama.
Life He did B.A. Honors from Dayal Singh College, Lahore, where he was a student of Norah Richards, and then M.A. English from Punjab University, Lahore. He later became professor at Dayal Singh College, where he worked till his retirement on 15 August 1947.
After the partition of India in 1947, he settled in New Delhi, where he lived for the rest of life.
Plays Suhag or Dulhan (1913), one-act play Bebe Ram Bhajni (1914) Subhaddra (1920) Var Ghar or Lily Da Viah (1930) Shamu Shah (1928) Social Circle (1953), three one-act plays
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Who was Ishwar Chander Nanda?
Punjabi Playwright (1892-1965)
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Ishwar Chander Nanda was born on 30 September 1892 in Gurdaspur district.
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Ishwar Chander Nanda died on 3 September 1965.
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Ishwar Chander Nanda was a writer and playwright.
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Ishwar Chander Nanda was Indian.
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