Mulk Raj Saraf

Mulk Raj Saraf
Born 8 April 1894
Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Died 21 February 1989
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation Journalist, writer
Known for Urdu journalism
Children Ved Rahi
Parent(s) Dayanand Saraf
Jamuna Devi
Awards Padma Shri

Lala Mulk Raj Saraf was an Indian journalist and writer,[1] known for his pioneering efforts in Urdu journalism.[2] He was born on 8 April 1894 in Samba district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir to Dayanand Saraf and Jamuna Devi and graduated from the Government Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu.[2] He started his career as a sub editor at the nationalist daily, Bande Matharam based in Punjab, worked there for a while and returned to Jammu in 1924 to start his own daily in Urdu language, Ranvir and Rattan, an Urdu Journal.[2]

Saraf wrote several articles and was the author of books such as Meri Pakistan Yatra, Insaniyat Abhi Zinda Hai and Nagooh-e-Ranvir.[2] Meri Pakistan Yatra,[3] which detailed his reminiscences of his trip to Pakistan was selected as the Book of the Year by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in 1980.[2] His autobiographical work was published in 1967 under the title, Fifty years as a journalist.[4] Saraf was the author of the first biography published in Dogri language, Sher-e-Duggar Lala Hans Raj Mahajan Jeevan Katha which was released in 1968.[5] He was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1976.[6]

Mulk Raj Saraf died on 21 February 1989, at the age of 94, in Mumbai at the residence of his son, Ved Rahi,[2] a known Bollywood film personality and the director of the film, Veer Savarkar.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Open Library Profile". Open Library. 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lion of Duggar land". Daily Excelsior. 8 April 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Mulk Raj Saraf (1980). Meri Pakistan yatra. Raj Mahal. ASIN B0000CRND7.
  4. ↑ Mulk Raj Saraf (1967). Fifty years as a journalist. Rajmahal. p. 183.
  5. ↑ K. M. George (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1148. ISBN 9788172013240.
  6. ↑ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ved Rahi". IMDB. 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, September 18, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.