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Ludhiana Personality :: Dr. Kewal Dheer
Dr. Kewal Dheer was born on October 5, 1938 at GAGGO, a village in district Montgomary (now in District Vehari, Pakistan). He is the eldest son of Dr. Hans Raj a noted social reformer. He had school education at phagwara, Punjab (his parental town) where the family shifted during the partition in 1947. He got his graduation in medicine from Patna (Bihar) in the year1960 and started his career as Medical Officer and retired from a high position in the Health Department, Government of Punjab.
Dr. Kewal Dheer since his early age showed great zest and enthusiasm in literature, journalism and cultural activities. During his school days he organized a Cultural Club and gave talented stage performance throughout the then undivided Punjab and won many prizes. He, at the age of 12, started to participate in the activities of “Milap Bal Sangh”.
As its active member and State office bearer. Milap Bal Sangh (established and partronized by Sh. Yash, a noted writer, journalist, and a veteran freedom fighter) was an institution of and for the youngsters which played a significant role in career-making of many great writers and artists. He is also one of the few writers who have achieved a place of honor in the field of literature. He started writing in early twenties and his first book of short stories “Dharti-Ro-Pari” published in the year 1957. Gradually that developed his romance with literature resulted in becoming one of the foremost fiction writer in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi in the Indo-Pak sub continent.
Dr. Dheer has published-eight volume of short-stories and five volumes of novels, beside two travelogues on journey to Pakistan, U.S.A, U.K, Canada and several countries of Europe. To his credit he has more than Four dozen other books on literature, psychology, sexology, medicine etc.
He has also written the scripts of many popular T.V. serials, plays and tele-films. Global peace and social concerns are main themes of his literary writings. He has been honored with 34 national and international awards for his outstanding contribution to Indian literature. He has been conferred with Hon. Degree “Doctor of Literature” by Western Kennedy University, U.S.A.
Dr. Kewal Dheer is an eminent playwright, a popular Radio Television compare, and announcer, programmer, and interviewer. His works of fiction have been translated into several languages in India and abroad.
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