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Gurshaahi is a Punjabi web portal owned by the Gurshaahi Foundation, a nonprofit and non-governmental organization dedicated to the promotion of the Punjabi literature across the world. It has digitalized about 1500 punjabi poetry excerpts of prominent writers from Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab.
The Victorian novel, Elizabethan drama, free verse and Modernism entered Punjabi literature through the introduction of British education during the Raj. The first Punjabi printing press (using Gurmukhi font) was established through a Christian mission at Ludhiana in 1835, and the first Punjabi dictionary was published by Reverend J. Newton in ...
There are many historically significant documents stored and made available online. Its scope covers Sikh and Punjabi culture. [2] The library funded by The Nanakshahi Trust was launched online in August 2009. Its base office is located at Chandigarh, India. [3]
This page is a list of noteworthy Punjabi authors, ... Novelist, historian, Authored more than 60 books; Santokh Singh Dhir (1920–2010) Giani Sant Singh Maskeen ...
Mirza and Sahiban under the tree. Mirza Sahiban [a] (Punjabi: [mɪɾzaː saːɦɪbãː]) is a traditional Punjabi tragedy originally written by the 17th-century poet Pilu.Set in a village in Jhang, the tragedy follows the romance between two youths, belonging to chieftain families of their respective clans, their elopement and eventual demise.
Punjabi-language books (1 C, 6 P) R. Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi (62 P) S. Sikh scripture (2 C, 24 P) W. Punjabi-language writers (4 C, 114 P)
Poets of Punjabi language (Shahmukhi: پنجاب دے شاعر, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਕਵੀ). This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Sant Singh Sekhon (1908–1997) was an Indian playwright and fiction writer associated with Punjabi literature. He is part of the generation of Indian authors who mark the transition of India into an independent nation, scarred by the tragedies of partition.