Ishwar Chander Nanda

Ishwar Chand Nanda (30 September 1892 - 3 September 1965^[1]) was an Indian dramatist. He is known as the father of Punjabi drama.^[2][3][4][5]

Life

He did B.A. Honors from Dayal Singh College, Lahore, where he was a student of Norah Richards,^[6] and then M.A. English from Punjab University, Lahore. He later became a Professor at Dayal Singh College, where he worked till his retirement on August 15, 1947. After partition settled in New Delhi, where he lived for the rest of life.^[2]

Works

Plays

• Suhag or Dulhan (1913) one-act play
• Bebe Ram Bhajni (1914)
• Subhaddra (1920)
• Var Ghar or Lily Da Viah (1929)
• Shamu Shah (1928)
• Social Circle (1949) three one-act plays^[7]

References

1. ਰਛਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ (2004). ਪੰਜਾਬ ਕੋਸ਼ ਜਿਲਦ ਦੂਜੀ (in Punjabi). ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਪੰਜਾਬ. p. 201.
2. "Ishwar Chander Nanda". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
3. "Oxford Reference". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
4. Sī. Aila Nāraṅga (1987). History of Punjabi Literature, 850-1850 A.D. National Book Shop. p. 9.
5. J. S. Grewal (1986). The Emergence of Punjabi Drama: A Cultural Response to Colonial Rule. Guru Nanak Dev University. p. 33.
6. Sant Singh Sekhon; Kartar Singh Duggal (1992). A History of Punjabi Literature. Sahitya Akademi Publications. p. 333. ISBN 978-81-7201-292-2.
7. ਡਾ. ਰਘਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ (2007). ਮੰਚ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ (in Punjabi). ਪਬਲੀਕੇਸ਼ਨ ਬਿਊਰੋ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਪਟਿਆਲਾ. pp. 147–148, 167. ISBN 81-7380-153-3.